The female worker in Canada / by Sylvia Ostry.: CS99-553/1968E-PDF
"In our society the adult male is expected to work throughout most of his adult life. His labour force membership is close to being automous: the element of choice is small. Few women, however, work throughout their lives. The working life of most men is characterized by continuity: they enter the labour force after completion of schooling and, employed or unemployed, they remain in the labour market until they are able to (or are forced to) retire. The working life of most women is characterized by discontinuity: they may enter and leave the labour force several times over the course of their lives. ..."--Intro.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. |
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| Title | The female worker in Canada / by Sylvia Ostry. |
| Series title | 1961 Census monograph |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
| Electronic document | |
| Note(s) | "One of a series of labour force studies in the 1961 census monograph programme." Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada]. Includes bibliographical references. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : Dominion Bureau of Statistics, 1968. |
| Author / Contributor | Ostry, Sylvia,1927- |
| Description | x, 63 p. : charts. |
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| Subject terms | Census data Women workers |
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