Table 084 (Labor, Employ. Female)

Employed Persons by Major Occupational Groups - Female ( % )

Lab084e

Year

Total

Senior Officials & Managers

Professionals

Technicians & Associate Professionals

Clerks

Sales & Service Workers

Skilled Agricultural & Fishery Workers

Craft & Related Workers

Paint & Machine Operators & Assemblers

Elementary Occupations

Unidentified

1993

100

0.9

10.7

3.2

5.7

6.2

31.1

17.5

2.4

21.4

1.0

1994

100

1.0

9.6

2.7

6.2

7.8

25.0

18.7

1.8

26.5

0.8

1995

100

0.8

11.0

2.8

5.8

8.9

22.5

19.2

1.9

26.5

0.6

1996

100

0.6

10.1

3.0

6.9

8.1

23.9

17.7

1.7

27.1

0.9

1997

100

0.9

9.7

3.8

6.5

7.8

22.1

18.8

2.8

27.0

0.7

1998

100

0.8

9.1

3.4

5.4

9.1

26.6

16.2

1.9

26.5

1.0

1999 1st Quarter

100

0.7

8.0

4.2

5.7

8.0

30.9

15.5

1.9

23.7

1.3

2nd Quarter

100

0.6

10.6

4.7

7.4

8.7

25.6

15.6

2.5

22.4

1.8

3rd Quarter

100

0.9

9.1

4.1

5.9

11.4

21.0

16.5

1.8

25.3

3.9

4th Quarter

100

1.0

11.3

3.5

6.2

9.8

19.6

16.0

2.2

28.0

2.3

2000 1st Quarter

100

0.6

9.4

5.0

5.4

10.2

27.0

18.0

1.7

21.1

1.5

2nd Quarter

100

0.7

9.3

3.8

5.3

9.8

31.3

17.4

0.7

21.4

0.2

3rd Quarter

100

0.8

11.4

3.5

5.0

9.8

25.0

20.8

1.6

21.7

0.5

Source:

Sri Lanka Labor Force Survey ( Quarterly Report ) 2000 , Census & Statistics Department

Revised: 2003(y)/10(m)/01(d)

Chief Editor:

Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

Head, Department of Management Studies

University of Peradeniya.