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Figure 2. U.S. Women’s Labor-Force Participation, 1910–2010 Sources: Authors’ calculations based on decennial censuses and ACS (). Notes: Decennial censuses from 1910 to 2000 decennial censuses and ACS from 2005, 2010, and 2013. Samples are restricted to women ages sixteen and older who do not reside in group quarters. Allocated values are omitted. Historical comparisons necessitate that race categories are very crude and do not account for changes in how individuals self-identify by race or ethnicity over time.
Figure 2.

U.S. Women’s Labor-Force Participation, 1910–2010

Sources: Authors’ calculations based on decennial censuses and ACS (Ruggles et al. 2010).

Notes: Decennial censuses from 1910 to 2000 decennial censuses and ACS from 2005, 2010, and 2013. Samples are restricted to women ages sixteen and older who do not reside in group quarters. Allocated values are omitted. Historical comparisons necessitate that race categories are very crude and do not account for changes in how individuals self-identify by race or ethnicity over time.

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