KEY Agr: Agriculture, Forestry Ind: Industry and Mining Com: Commerce and Traffic Lab: Various kinds of wage labor Ser: Public service and learned professions Arm: Army and Navy Tot: Total ====+==================================+================================= | From 1882 to 1895 | From 1895 to 1907 +----------------------------------+--------------------------------- | Female % Male % | Female % Male % ----+----------------------------------+--------------------------------- Agr |+ 218,245 8.60 − 162,049 2.80 |+1,845,832 67.04 − 255,267 4.61 Ind |+ 394,142 35.00 +1,490,613 28.30 |+ 582,806 38.31 +2,392,228 35.39 Com |+ 281,498 98.40 + 486,695 38.30 |+ 351,765 60.69 + 787,350 44.76 Lab |+ 50,029 27.20 − 15,120 7.10 |+ 87,039 37.22 − 47,835 24.08 Ser |+ 61,376 53.25 + 154,285 33.25 |+ 111,663 -- + 180,690 -- Arm | -- -- + 179,153 39.65 | -- -- + 20,216 -- ----+----------------------------------+--------------------------------- Tot |+1,005,290 23.60 +2,133,577 15.90 |+2,979,105 -- +3,077,382 -- ----+----------------------------------+--------------------------------- Among the persons gainfully employed there were: KEY Ind: Independent Emp: Employees Lab: Laborers, etc., excl. servants Tot: Total ===+==================================+================================== | 1895 | 1907 +----------------------------------+---------------------------------- | Female % Male % | Female % Male % ---+----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Ind|1,069,007 22.1 4,405,039 31.3|1,052,165 -- 4,438,123 -- Emp| 39,418 0.81 582,407 4.1| 159,889 -- 1,130,839 -- Lab|3,745,455 77.09 9,071,097 64.6|6,422,229 -- 11,413,892 -- ---+----------------------------------+---------------------------------- Tot|4,853,880=100.00 14,058,543=100.00|7,634,283=100.00 16,982,854=100.00 ---+----------------------------------+---------------------------------- The following shows the increase and decrease of women holding ~independent~ positions from 1895 to 1907: [1907] [1895] [%] Industry (domestic industry) 477,290 519,492 − 42,202 = 8.10 Commerce and traffic 246,641 202,616 + 44,025 = 21.77 Agriculture 328,237 346,896 − 18,659 = 9.04 The greatest number of female persons were employed in the following trades: 1907. 1895.