Woman and Socialism

by August Bebel

(C) COUNTRIES; (Y) Year of Census; Ger: German Empire; Aus: Austria; Hun: Hungary; Rus: Russia; Ita: Italy; Swi: Switzerland; Fra: France; Bel: Belgium; Net: Netherlands; Den: Denmark; Swe: Sweden; Nor: Norway; EnW: England and Wales; Sco: Scotland; Ire: Ireland; GBI: Great Britain and Ireland; USA: United States of America [These figures include 91,219 persons of the army and navy who were absent from the country while the census was taken.]

PERSONS EMPLOYED IN GAINFUL OCCUPATIONS.

(C)	(Y)	Entire Population
		Male	Female	Both
Ger	1907	30,461,100	31,259,429	61,720,529
Aus	1900	12,852,693	13,298,015	26,150,708
Hun	1900	9,582,152	9,672,407	19,254,559
Rus	1897	62,477,348	63,162,673	125,640,021
Ita	1901	16,155,130	16,320,123	32,475,253
Swi	1900	1,627,025	1,688,418	3,315,433
Fra	1901	18,916,889	19,533,899	38,450,788
Bel	1900	3,324,834	3,368,714	6,693,548
Net	1899	2,520,603	2,583,535	5,104,138
Den	1901	1,193,448	1,256,092	2,449,540
Swe	1900	2,506,436	2,630,005	5,136,441
Nor	1900	1,066,693	1,154,784	2,221,477
EnW	1901	15,728,613	16,799,230	32,527,843
Sco	1901	2,173,755	2,298,348	4,472,103
Ire	1901	2,200,040	2,258,735	4,458,775
GBI	1901	20,102,408	21,356,313	41,458,721
USA	1900	39,059,242	37,244,145	76,303,387

(C)	(Y)	Gainfully employed			Persons gainfully employed in percentage of population
		Male	Fe­male	Both	Male	Female	Both
Ger	1907	18,599,236	9,429,881	28,092,117	61.1	30.4	45.5
Aus	1900	8,257,294	5,850,158	14,107,452	64.2	44.0	53.9
Hun	1900	6,162,298	2,668,697	8,830,995	64.3	27.6	45.9
Rus	1897	25,995,237	5,276,112	31,271,349	41.6	8.4	24.9
Ita	1901	10,998,462	5,284,064	16,272,526	68.0	32.4	50.1
Swi	1900	1,057,187	498,760	1,556,577	65.0	29.5	46.9
Fra	1901	12,910,565	6,804,510	19,715,075	68.2	34.8	51.3
Bel	1900	2,123,072	948,229	3,071,301	63.8	28.1	45.9
Net	1899	1,497,159	433,548	1,930,707	59.4	16.8	37.8
Den	1901	752,559	353,980	1,106,539	63.1	28.2	45.2
Swe	1900	1,422,979	551,021	1,974,000	56.8	21.0	38.4
Nor	1900	599,057	277,613	876,670	56.1	24.0	39.5
EnW	1901	10,156,976	4,171,751	14,328,727	64.6	24.8	44.1
Sco	1901	1,391,188	591,624	1,982,812	64.0	25.8	44.3
Ire	1901	1,413,943	549,874	1,963,817	64.3	24.3	44.0
GBI	1901	12,962,107	5,313,249	18,275,356	64.5	24.9	44.1
USA	1900	23,956,115	5,329,807	29,285,922	61.3	14.3	38.4

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Reformatted version of the [table on page 213] for narrower screens:

Years in which census was taken	Entire Population		Persons gainfully employed
	Male	Female	Male	Female
1882	22,150,749	23,071,364	13,415,415	5,541,517
1895	25,409,161	26,361,123	15,531,841	6,578,350
1907	30,461,100	31,159,429	18,599,236	9,492,881

Years in which census was taken	Persons gainfully employed in percentage of population		Of 100 persons gainfully employed
	Male	Female	Male	Female
1882	60.57	24.02	71.24	28.76
1895	61.13	24.96	70.25	29.75
1907	61.06	30.37	66.21	33.79

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