Journal of Population Sciences
Table 4 Female activity rates, all ages, around 1950, 1960, and 1970 (exact year in brackets if considerably different)
From: Marital fertility and the changing status of women in Europe
| Â | 1950 | 1960 | 1970 |
|---|---|---|---|
Albania | 45.7 (1955) | 36.3 | Â |
Austria | 35.1 | 36.0 | 30.3 |
Belgium | 19.0 | 19.9 | 26.5 |
Bulgaria | 52.7 (1946) | 45.7 (1956) | 45.7 (1965) |
Czechoslovakia | 32.9 (1947) | Â | 42.5 |
Denmark | 32.2 | 27 9 | 38.1 |
Finland | 38.4 | 34 8 | 37.5 |
France | 29.9 (1954) | 27.6 (1962) | 27.9 (1968) |
Germany (Eastern) | 33.1 | 39.8 | 41.3 |
Germany (Western) | 31.4 | 33.2 | 30.8 |
Greece | 13.1 | 27.8 | 21.2 |
Hungary | 25 2 | 33.2 | 38.6 |
Ireland | 22.3 | 20.4 | 19.4 |
Italy | 20.3 | 19.6 | 19.6 |
Netherlands | 19.5 (1947) | 16.1 | 19.1 |
Norway | 19.9 | 17.8 | 20.8 |
Poland | Â | 40.1 | 46.3 |
Portugal | 16.8 | 13.1 | 19.0 |
Rumania | 52.7 (1956) | 48.1 (1966) | Â |
Soviet Union | Â | 41.5 (1964) | 45.5 |
Spain | 11.8 | 13.5 | 13.3 |
Sweden | 23.2 | 25.7 | 29.9 |
Switzerland | 26.2 | 27.4 | 32.4 |
UK | 27.4 | Â | 33.2 |
Yugoslavia | 30.7 (1953) | 31.1 | 30.7 |