HC Deb 31 July 1984 vol 65 c152W
45. Mr. Mikardo

asked the Secretary of State for Employment what was the proportion of married women in work in 1974, 1979 and the latest available date.

Mr. Alan Clark

Provisional results of the 1983 labour force survey show 46 per cent. of married women in employment in the second quarter of 1983. The corresponding figures from earlier surveys are 45 per cent. in 1975, and 47 per cent. in 1979. A comparable figure for 1974 is not available.

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