Making Care Count: A Century of Gender, Race, and Paid Care Work

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ix Figures 2.1. Female private household workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1900 (in percentages) 23 2.2. Number of private household workers, 1900–1990 25 2.3. Female private household workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1950 (in percentages) 27 2.4. Female private household workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1990 (in percentages) 30 2.5. Number of nannies and housekeepers, 1980–2007 32 3.1. Number of nurturant care workers, 1900–1950 43 3.2. Nurturant care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1900 and 1950 (in percentages) 44 3.3. Number of workers in selected health-care occupations, 1900–1950 50 3.4. Women in selected health-care occupations, 1900–1950 (in percentages) 52 3.5. Selected health-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1900 (in percentages) 53 3.6. Selected health-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1950 (in percentages) 53 3.7. Number of teachers, 1900–1950 60 3.8. Race-ethnicity and birthplace of teachers, 1900 and 1950 (in percentages) 62 3.9. Number of workers in selected social service occupations, 1900–1950 66 3.10. Women in selected social service occupations, 1900–1950 (in percentages) 67 3.11. Selected social service workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1900 (in percentages) 68 3.12. Selected social service workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1950 (in percentages) 68 4.1. Number of nurturant care workers by occupational group, 1950–2007 78 x Figures 4.2. Nurturant care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1950–2007 (in percentages) 79 4.3. Number of workers in selected health-care occupations, 1950–2007 80 4.4. Women in selected health-care occupations, 1950–2007 (in percentages) 84 4.5. Selected health-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1950 (in percentages) 85 4.6. Selected health-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 2007 (in percentages) 85 4.7. Number of teachers and child-care workers, 1950–2007 93 4.8. Selected education and child-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace , 1970 (in percentages) 95 4.9. Selected education and child-care workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace , 2007 (in percentages) 98 4.10. Number of workers in mental health and social service occupations, 1950–2007 106 4.11. Women in selected mental health and social service occupations, 1960–2007 (in percentages) 107 4.12. Selected mental health and social service workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1970 (in percentages) 109 4.13. Selected mental health and social service workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 2007 (in percentages) 109 5.1. Cleaning, food, and laundry workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 1900–2007 (in percentages) 115 5.2. Number of cleaning, food, and laundry workers, 1900–2007 116 5.3. Selected hospital workers by race-ethnicity and birthplace, 2007 (in percentages) 125 ...