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Labor Force Participation Rates, by Marital Status, Sex, & Age: 1970 - 1989Year & Marital 16-19 20-24 25-34 35-44 45-64 65 &Status Total years years years years years over Male Married:(1) 1970 86.9 95.5 95.0 98.2 98.1 91.6 30.2 1975 83.0 92.3 95.1 97.3 97.0 87.0 23.7 1980 81.2 97.3 96.8 97.5 97.0 84.8 20.4 1985 79.0 90.9 95.7 97.4 96.7 81.6 17.5 1986 78.7 91.8 95.8 97.3 96.3 81.8 17.3 1987 78.8 90.4 95.7 97.2 96.2 82.4 17.4 1988 78.6 95.3 95.7 97.0 96.7 82.4 17.5 1989 78.5 93.7 95.9 97.2 96.8 82.4 17.8 Single: 1970 60.7 49.0 69.0 86.2 82.3 66.6 21.0 1975 67.1 53.2 76.5 87.4 86.5 68.7 20.5 1980 70.8 56.8 79.6 87.3 79.9 65.2 20.0 1985 70.8 52.4 77.9 87.5 80.8 67.3 16.0 1986 71.9 50.8 80.7 86.3 84.5 61.4 17.8 1987 71.7 50.2 80.0 88.0 83.7 64.3 16.3 1988 72.1 49.7 80.1 88.5 82.4 65.9 20.7 1989 75.5 57.4 82.5 90.0 84.6 64.6 18.2 Other:(2) 1970 54.2 (B) 73.2 74.5 80.6 75.9 16.5 1975 65.1 (B) 84.7 92.4 89.3 69.4 18.0 1980 66.8 (B) 92.9 93.8 91.1 69.9 13.0 1985 69.2 (B) 96.9 92.9 92.1 72.8 12.7 1986 68.8 (B) 93.9 93.1 89.1 71.7 13.0 1987 67.9 (B) 90.6 92.9 91.1 73.1 11.1 1988 66.9 (B) 93.2 91.8 88.8 71.2 11.6 1989 67.9 (B) 91.1 93.6 90.0 74.2 11.7 Female Married:(1) 1970 40.8 36.0 47.4 39.3 47.2 44.1 7.9 1975 44.4 46.0 57.3 48.3 51.9 43.9 7.2 1980 50.1 47.7 60.5 59.3 62.5 46.9 7.2 1985 54.2 49.2 64.9 65.6 68.1 50.6 6.7 1986 54.6 52.9 63.1 66.4 69.0 50.4 7.0 1987 55.8 42.8 67.4 67.5 71.7 51.3 6.9 1988 56.5 46.8 65.9 68.6 72.7 52.7 7.4 1989 57.8 51.9 65.7 69.0 73.5 55.5 8.1 Single: 1970 53.0 39.5 71.1 80.7 73.3 67.8 17.6 1975 57.0 45.5 69.5 80.4 77.8 68.4 16.2 1980 61.5 49.0 72.2 84.2 78.5 62.8 12.0 1985 65.2 49.6 74.0 82.5 80.6 73.2 8.0 1986 65.3 50.1 75.0 81.1 79.6 69.3 8.0 1987 65.1 49.6 74.5 82.9 81.8 58.8 9.1 1988 65.2 48.7 74.8 81.8 81.5 65.2 10.9 1989 68.0 54.1 76.4 82.2 81.6 66.3 11.4 Other:(2) 1970 39.1 46.5 59.7 65.1 67.9 60.7 9.9 1975 40.8 41.9 68.1 67.5 69.4 60.4 8.1 1980 44.0 51.0 68.5 77.1 76.4 59.5 8.6 1985 45.6 50.9 66.5 78.9 80.6 60.7 7.9 1986 45.9 50.6 71.0 78.4 82.6 61.7 7.4 1987 45.7 (B) 67.2 77.1 83.0 61.9 7.6 1988 46.1 54.5 67.7 76.3 81.5 62.6 8.2 1989 47.0 48.2 65.8 78.3 82.2 64.7 8.3 B= Base is less than 75,000. 1. Spouse present. 2. Widowed, divorced, or married (spouse absent). Source:U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.