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Table 6.—Results of Registrations: Females

Table 7. —Occupational Analysis of certain Classes of Women at Time of Registration

Notes. —(i) It should be noted that members of the armed forces, hospital employees, and invalids were exempted from the obligation to register. (ii) The three figures marked with an asterisk (*) contain arbitrary allowances to cover deficient data.

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Age 24-30 Years. Man-power District. 18-19 Years. Years. ~ T Married" no otherB -* registered. | Children! Whangarei .. 718 1,183 454 290 651 3,296 Auckland .. .. 4,066 8,088 4,339 3,082 3,855 23,430 Hamilton .. .. 1,344 2,752 869 634 1,172 6,771 Paeroa .. .. 486 740 411 218 448 2,303 Rotorua .. .. 470 1,055 368 266 118 2,277 Gisborne .. .. 458 756 379 209 344 2,146 Napier .. .. 845 1,384 727 383 602 3,941 New Plymouth .. 889 1,824 715 484 621 4,533 fWanganui.. .. 532 1,157 625 374 107 2,795 Palmerston North .. 954 1,913 886 605 490 4,848 Maeterton.. .. 402 809 395 233 113 1,952 Lower Iiutt .. 423 415 435 495 541 2,309 Wellington.. .. 2,332 5,174 2,656 1,919 247 12,328 fNelson .. .. 323 735 567 452 51 2,128 Westport .. . . 125 224 65 46 52 512 Greymouth .. 331 515 302 211 173 1,532 Christchurch .. 2,916 5,288 2,714 1,906 1,227 14,051 Timaru .. .. 786 1,530 891 348 361 3,916 Oamaru .. .. 197 387 234 130 157 1,105 fDunedin .. .. 1,656 3,528 1,922 951 1,150 9,207 In ve reargill .. 1,183 1,865 944 510 621 5,123 All districts .. 21,436 41,322 20,898 13,746 13,101 110,503 * The item " Others" includes a number of married women with children and women over age thirty who registered voluntarily, t The figures for Wanganul, Nelson, and Dunedin contain arbitrary allowances to cover deficient data.

Women Womon a S ed 24-30. Women Women a 8 ed 24-30. Occupational Group. aged Occupational Group. aged 20-21. Single. Married. 20-21. Single. Married. Living at Home (not otherwise em- Transport (not office workers) — ployed)— . Railways .. .. .. f 31 13 Cities and towns .. .. 2,569* 1,781 5,154, Tramways .. .. .. I J 29 24 Country areas .. .. .. 2,048* 1,095 1,786 Motor-drivers.. .. [ ) 52 29 Others .. .. .. J (. 6 3 Sub-total .. .. .. 4,017 2,876 6,940 Percentage of finai total .. 21*5 13*8 50-5 Sub-total .. .. .. 75 118 69 Percentage of final total .. 0-4 0-6 0-5 Professional — Teachers .. .. .. 798 991 202 Shop Workers n.e.i.— Nurses and dental nurses .. 882 978 200 Shop-assistants .. .. 2,042 1,978 1,015 Other professional .. .. .. 236 48 Hairdressers, beauty parlours, &c. 186 298 115 Students .. .. .. 350 . . . . Commercial artists, florists, and 197 122 53 others (skilled) » Sub-total.. .. .. 2,030 2,205 450 Sub-total .. .. 2,425 2,398 1,183 Percentage of final total .. 9-5 10-5 3-3 Percentage of final total .. 11-3 11-5 8-6 Office Workers — Hotels, Domestic, and Catering— Typists .. .. .. 1,981 1,337 434 Hotels and restaurants.. .. 728 1,159 406 Telephone and exchange .. 255 177 54 Private domestic .. .. 1,466 1,609 330 Other office ... .. .. 2,705 3,396 1,396 — — Sub-total .. .. 2,194 2,768 736 Sub-total.. .. .. 4,941 4,910 1,884 Percentage of final total .. 10-2 13-2 5-3 Percentage of final total .. 23'0 23-5 13-7 — Others — Secondary Industrial (not included Farm workers .. .. 940 1,420 545 above) —■ Others employed .. .. 330 616 235 Food and drink .. .. 474 447 215 Textile and clothing .. .. 2,406 2,032 915 Sub-total .. .. 1,270 2,036 780 Footwear .. .. .. 246 179 111 Percentage of final total .. 5--9 9-7 5-7 Printing, publishing, stationery . . 207 132 61 Other industrial .. .. 566 797 402 Final total .. .. 21,451 20,898 13,746 Sub-total.. .. .. 3,899 3,587 1,704 Percentage of final total 18-2 17-2 12-4