
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, April 22, 1990                   TAG: 9004220063
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C3   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: CHARLOTTESVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

WOMEN MAY HOLD HALF OF JOBS IN 2000

Women will make up half of the state's work force by the year 2000, according to a researcher at the University of Virginia.

A high divorce rate and an economic situation that demands both husband and wife work are among the reasons for the increase in the number of working women, said Julia H. Martin, research director for demographics at UVa's Center for Public Service.

Women are entering the work force at increasing rates every year, she said. In 1950, 28 percent of all women in the state worked and men made up three-fourths of the work force. Fifty-two percent of all women in the state were working by 1980 and that figured jumped to 60 percent in 1990.

"The typical white American male worker is going to become a smaller percentage of the labor force," said Ken Moore, a labor market information specialist with the Virginia Employment Commission.

by CNB