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Page 1: Labor Force Participation Rate by gender Male Female
Page 2: Labor Force Participation Rate by gender Male Female

30

40

50

60

70

80

90

1948 1953 1958 1963 1968 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2003 2008

Labor Force Participation Rateby gender

Male

Female

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Fertility

Page 4: Labor Force Participation Rate by gender Male Female

Male/Female Differences in Age at Marriage

Page 5: Labor Force Participation Rate by gender Male Female

5,000

10,000

15,000

20,000

25,000

30,000

35,000

1947 1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007

Annual Income, Real Dollarsby gender

Male

Female

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Excellent Data Resource:Gapminder

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GDP: 1929-2009

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15000

20000

25000

30000

35000

40000

45000

50000

1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999 2004 2009

GDP per capita

GDP (billions)

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GDP: 1929-1945

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

1929 1934 1939 1944

GDP per capita

GDP (billions)

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Unemployment: 1929-2009

0

5

10

15

20

25

1920 1936 1946 1952 1957 1962 1967 1972 1977 1982 1987 1992 1997 2002 2007

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Unemployment: 1929-1950

0

5

10

15

20

25

1920 1936 1946

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GDP: How many hours of work per item of output

1920 1950 1980 1997

1/2 gal milk 37 mins 16 mins 8.7 mins 7 mins

1lb loaf bread 13 mins 6 mins 4 mins 3.5 mins

1 gal. gas 32 mins 11 mins 10 mins 5.7 mins

100 miles of

air travel

12 hrs 46 min

(1930)

4 hrs 7 mins 1 hr 27 mins 1 hr 2 mins

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GDP: How many hours of work per item of output

1920 1950 1980 1997

pair of Levis 10 hrs 36

mins

4 hrs 2 hrs 48 mins 3 hrs 24 mins

3lb chicken 2 hrs 27 mins 1 hr 11

mins

18 mins 14 mins

100 kWh

electricity

13 hrs 36

mins

2 hrs 45 mins 38 mins

power of 1

Microprocessor

n/a 515,000

lifetimes

41 weeks

16 hrs 9 mins

9 mins

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Spending on Foodas a percentage of Disposable Income

0.0

5.0

10.0

15.0

20.0

25.0

30.0

1929 1934 1939 1944 1949 1954 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1999

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Farming’s Role in the US economy

1900 41 percent of workforce employed in agriculture

1930 21.5 percent of workforce employed in agriculture 7.7 percent of total GDP was produced by agriculture

1945 16 percent of the total labor force employed in agriculture 6.8 percent of total GDP was produced by agriculture

1970 4 percent of employed labor force worked in agriculture 2.3 percent of total GDP was produced by agriculture

2000’s 1.9 percent of employed labor force worked in agriculture (2000) 0.7 percent of total GDP was produced by agriculture (2002)

Source: Compiled by Economic Research Service, USDA. Share of workforce employed in agriculture, for 1900-1970, Historical Statistics of the United States; for 2000, calculated using data from Census of Population; agricultural GDP as part of total GDP, calculated using data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis.

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Immigrants as a Percentage of US Population

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High School Participationas a percentage of eligible population

0.0

10.0

20.0

30.0

40.0

50.0

60.0

70.0

80.0

90.0

100.0

1900 1905 1910 1915 1920 1925 1930 1935 1940 1945 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 2000

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Great Data Source

• The 2010 Statistical Abstract of the United States

Historical Statistics

http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab/hist_stats.html