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A country's labor force supply is influenced mainly by the population age and sex composition. Factors affecting the employment status of both males and females differ greatly, necessitating the separate investigation of participation rates by sex. The main factors chosen for this study as the determinants of female employment are age, marital status, educational status, parity, age of children, family income, and place of residence. These factors are discussed. Male labor force participation rates are higher and more stable than the corresponding rates for females. This paper develops a general probabilistic model for studying the effects of social, economic, and demographic factors upon female employment. A special case of the suggested general probabilistic model is then introduced. Published data from the most recent population census conducted in A.R.E. in 1986 are applied to the special case model. |
