Proportion of women in
selected lines of work in 1997:
Fields

% of whole

Secretaries

98.6

Child care workers

96.8

Cleaners and servants

94.9

Registered nurses

93.5

Librarians

80.5

Waiters and waitresses

77.8

Teachers, K-12

75.7

Therapists

75.4

Accountants and Auditors

56.6

Authors

53.6

Sales reps., finance and business

44.0

Teachers, colleges and universities

42.7

Actors and directors

38.2

Natural scientists

31.0

Math and computer scientists

30.4

Athletes

27.0

Lawyers

26.6

Physicians

26.2

Farmers

24.9

Architects

17.9

Dentists

17.3

Armed forces

13.7

Military officers

13.6

Clergy

13.6

Police and detectives

11.8

Engineers

9.6

Taxi drivers and chauffeurs

8.3

Mechanics and repairers

3.9

Firefighting

3.1

Construction trades

2.4