Female Workforce Growing in Louisville

Louisville-area women entered the work force in record numbers during the 1990s, helping to drive the greatest job growth in the area's history, according to a study from the University of Louisville released yesterday.

The study was prepared for Kentuckiana Works, a local work force development agency. One major finding of the study is that the proportion of adult men holding jobs did not change much in the two decades since 1980. But the employment rate for women rose 13 percentage points — from about 45 percent to 58 percent.

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