OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE.
INTERESTING STATISTICS. Fifty-five persons in every hundred in the United Kingdom are “idle.” That, of course, includes children, the aged, and women not definitely engaged in trade or occupation. In Germany the figure is 51, in the United States 62. in France 49. These figures are given in ‘Foreign Labor Statistics,’ issued by the Board of Trade last month. They are official, but in many cases apply to some years ago, and any comparison of the proportion of employment, hours of work, and wages in the different- countries must be made with numerous qualifications. But the following shows clearly how the countries differ as regards the kinds of work undertaken. The table shows the percentage of the total occupied population engaged in groups of trade:—
Seventy per cent, of the workers in Hungary' are fanning, and 41 in France The next most popular occupation in France is that connected with dress, which employs 8 per cent.
U.K. Germany. U.S Farming 12.6 35.1 35.6 Commerce 11.3 6.3 9.9 Transport 8.2 2.8 5.9 Mines 5.0. 3.2 2.0 Iron, etc,, works 7.8 6.9 3.7 Building <3.7 6.9 4.4 Textiles 6.9 3.7 2.0 Dress 7.2 5.3 4.2
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3190, 8 April 1911, Page 7
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197OCCUPATIONS OF THE PEOPLE. Gisborne Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 3190, 8 April 1911, Page 7
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