Fig 5-2
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Figure 5.2  Female Labor Force Participation Rates
Figures for 2000 and 2010 are estimated

U.S.

Japan

Sweden

U.K.

1950

37.2

54.7

36.2

39.7

1960

39.9

55.7

42.0

45.9

1970

49.8

55.7

56.7

53.2

1980

66.2

55.1

74.7

58.6

1990

73.3

62.5

87.3

69.3

1995

76.0

65.6

87.8

71.9

2000

78.5

68.2

88.6

75.0

2010

81.8

74.5

88.8

79.8

Source:  International Labor Organization, Bureau of Statistics, The Economically Active Population, 1950-2010 (Geneva, 1996).