§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the percentage of married women who were working in 1960, 1965, 1970 and 1975, showing in each case the number of children in the family.
§ Mr. DeakinsThere is no information available for the years requested, but the 1961, 1966 and 1971 censuses provide the following information which shows the number of married women in employment as a percentage of all married women, giving separate figures for women with different sizes of family.
Number of dependent children Percentage of married women in employment in each category 1961 1966 1971 Total … … 28.7 36.8 40.0 0 … … 32.7 40.5 43.0 1 … … 29.7 38.6 41.0 2 … … 23.0 31.8 36.8 3 … … 17.9 26.8 33.2 4 … … 14.8 22.9 29.2 5+ … … 9.8 18.5 24.1 The 1961 and 1971 figures are based on a 10 per cent. sample of the census returns. The 1966 figures are based on all the returns from the 10 per cent. sample census. The figures are derived from analyses of the persons usually resident in private households.