TABLE 7C.  WOMEN: OCCUPATION BY EDUCATION AND FIELD, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

Employed women age 15 and over
Numbers in thousands.

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|Highest Degree and Field      |                                  Occupational category                                  |
|                              |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |         |         |Technical|         |         |         |         |         |         |
|                              |Manager- |Profess- |   and   |         |         |         |         |         |Producti-|
|                              |   ial   |  ional  | related |  Sales  |Clerical | Service | Farming |  Craft  |   on    |
|------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|TOTAL                         |    8,036|   10,820|    2,310|    8,376|   15,756|   12,253|      801|    1,425|    5,373|
|Less than high school         |      238|      116|       34|    1,368|      784|    3,550|      291|      274|    1,529|
|High school graduate          |    1,707|      750|      375|    2,847|    6,055|    4,464|      273|      633|    2,444|
|Some college                  |    1,771|    1,007|      508|    2,101|    4,714|    2,371|       92|      297|      786|
|Vocational certificate        |      357|      443|      349|      327|      871|      701|       25|       69|      234|
|  Business                    |      138|       47|       20|       93|      368|       78|       10|       14|       46|
|  Computer, technical         |       30|       19|        6|       29|       76|       26|        -|       14|       27|
|  Vocational                  |       92|      297|      256|      128|      271|      454|        7|       30|      105|
|  Other                       |       97|       81|       67|       77|      156|      143|        7|       11|       57|
|Associate degree              |      721|    1,208|      484|      484|    1,413|      527|       37|       64|      127|
|  Business                    |      307|       74|       54|      190|      614|      100|        3|       17|       18|
|  Engineering                 |       49|       45|       17|       32|       96|       17|        6|        6|        8|
|  Arts,sciences               |      205|      776|      298|      118|      354|      184|       19|        9|       49|
|  Education                   |       24|       61|        6|       34|       62|       34|        -|        2|        2|
|  Vocational                  |       31|       56|       36|       32|       73|       81|        4|       21|       15|
|  Other                       |      105|      196|       72|       78|      213|      110|        4|        9|       35|
|Bachelor's degree             |    2,372|    4,205|      465|    1,066|    1,740|      539|       68|       83|      225|
|  Business                    |      952|      303|       49|      346|      482|       71|       12|       20|       27|
|  Engineering                 |      100|      219|       61|       24|       67|        8|        -|       12|        8|
|  Arts, sciences              |      747|    1,927|      297|      368|      657|      261|       23|       24|      106|
|  Education                   |      216|    1,252|       10|      185|      337|      122|       21|       10|       57|
|  Other                       |      357|      505|       48|      142|      197|       76|       12|       18|       27|
|Advanced degree               |      870|    3,090|       94|      184|      178|      102|       17|        5|       28|
|  Business                    |      263|       91|       16|       52|       20|        7|        4|        -|        -|
|  Engineering                 |       46|      113|        6|        9|        8|        5|        -|        -|        2|
|  Arts, sciences              |      216|    1,237|       47|       60|       72|       47|        2|        2|       17|
|  Education                   |      198|    1,204|       18|       36|       53|       32|        8|        -|        8|
|  Other                       |      146|      445|        7|       26|       25|       12|        2|        3|        -|
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- Indicates value of zero
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel