Table 39. Poverty Rates for Families by Selected Characteristics: 1959, 1969, and 1974 NA Not available. NOTE: The 1969 and 1974 figures for metropolitan areas are based on metropolitan areas as defined in the 1970 census; figures U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. Table 40. Families Below the Poverty Level by Type of Income and Sex of Head: 1969, 1972, and 1974 (Families as of the following year) Detail does not add to total because some families have more than one of the types of income specified. Includes unemployment and workmen's compensation, government employee pensions, and veterans' payments. NOTE: Data on families below the poverty level by type of income and race first became available from the Current Population Survey for 1969. Contents CHAPTER III. Labor Force, Employment, and Business Ownership Page CHARTS 58 Figure 6. Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates, by Sex, for Selected Years: 1910 to 1970. Figure 7. Unemployment Rates: 1948 to 1975. . 59 50. Unemployed Persons 14 Years Old and Over by Duration of Unemployment for Selected Years: 71 51. Occupation of the Gainfully Employed Population 10 Years Old and Over by Sex: 1890, 1910, and 72 DETAILED TABLES 64 42. Percent of Persons in the Civilian Labor Force, by Region and Sex for Selected Years: 1910 to 1970. 65 43. Percent of the Population Gainfully Employed by Age and Sex: 1890 and 1930. ... 66 44. Civilian Labor Force Participation Rates by Age and Sex: 1948, 1960, 1970, and 1975. . 67 45. Labor Force Participation Rates of the Population 18 Years Old and Over by Years of School Completed and Sex: March 1965, 1970, and 1975. 67 46. Employment Status of Persons 16 Years Old and Over: 1954 to 1975..... 68 47. Unemployment Rates for Persons 16 Years Old and Over: 1948 to 1975... 69 48. Unemployment Rates, by Sex and Age, for Selected Years: 1954 to 1975.. 70 49. Unemployment Rates for Married Men, With Spouse Present: 1962 to 1975... 78 70 |