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  1.                                                                                 Employed Civilians & Weekly Hours, by Selected Characteristics:                            1970 - 1989[In thousands.]Age, Sex, &Marital Status    1970    1975    1980     1985     1988     1989
  2.  
  3. Total employed  78,678  85,846  99,303  107,150  114,968  117,342
  4.  
  5.   Age:
  6. 16-19 years      6,144   7,104   7,710    6,434    6,805    6,759
  7. 20-24 years      9,731  11,885  14,087   13,980   13,244   12,962
  8. 25-34 years     16,318  21,087  27,204   31,208   33,574   34,045
  9. 35-44 years     15,922  15,953  19,523   24,732   28,269   29,443
  10. 45-54 years     16,473  16,190  16,234   16,509   18,447   19,279
  11. 55-64 years     10,974  10,827  11,586   11,474   11,433   11,499
  12. 65 years & over  3,118   2,801   2,960    2,813    3,197    3,355
  13.  
  14.   Sex:
  15. Male            48,990  51,857  57,186   59,891   63,273   64,315
  16. Female          29,688  33,989  42,117   47,259   51,696   53,027
  17.  
  18.   Marital status:
  19. Married, spouse
  20.   present       55,554  58,037  62,536   65,584   69,228   70,164
  21. Single (never                        
  22.   married)      15,039  18,256  24,082   26,780   29,500   20,111
  23. Widowed, divorced,
  24.   separated      8,087   9,552  12,686   14,786   16,242   17,066
  25.  
  26.   Class of worker:
  27. Nonagriculture  75,215  82,438  95,938  103,971  111,800  114,142
  28.  Wage & salary
  29.    worker       69,491  76,249  88,525   95,871  103,021  105,259
  30.  Self-employed   5,221   5,705   7,000    7,811    8,519    8,605
  31.  Unpaid family
  32.    workers         502     483     413      289      260      279
  33. Agriculture      3,463   3,408   3,364    3,179    3,169    3,199
  34.  Wage & salary
  35.    worker        1,154   1,301   1,425    1,535    1,621    1,665
  36.  Self-employed   1,810   1,722   1,642    1,458    1,398    1,403
  37.  Unpaid family
  38.    workers         499     386     297      185      150      131
  39.  
  40.   Weekly hours:
  41. Nonagriculture:
  42.  Wage & salary
  43.    workers        38.3    38.1    38.1     38.7     39.1     39.3
  44.  Self-employed    45.0    42.3    41.2     41.1     41.0     41.1
  45.  Unpaid family
  46.    workers        37.9    38.3    34.7     35.1     36.0     35.1
  47. Agriculture:
  48.  Wage & salary
  49.    workers        40.0    40.8    41.6     40.8     41.3     41.8
  50.  Self-employed    51.0    49.7    49.3     48.2     47.5     47.9
  51.  Unpaid family
  52.    workers        40.0    39.6    38.6     38.5     39.7     39.4
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  55. Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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