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No Easy Victory: Towards Equal Pay for Women in the Government Service 1890-1960

Appendix I

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Appendix I

Sources: Rough estimates based on information from National Service Department reports and New Zealand Official Yearbooks.Cit. J. V. T. Baker, War Economy, 1st ed., Government Printer, Wellington, 1965, Appendix 1, p. 593.
MANPOWER CHANGES AFFECTING CIVILIAN EMPLOYMENT. September 1939 to September 1942
Losses
Men lost to the armed forces − 151,000
Women lost to the armed forces − 3,000
Gains
Men, previously unemployed or in subsidised employment now absorbed into industry + 17,000
Natural increase in male labour force + 18,000
Older men and others, not normally in the labour force but drawn in for war effort + 12,000
Natural increase in female labour force + 6,000
Married women and others, not normally in employment, but drawn in for war effort + 36,000
Net Loss
Resulting in depletion in numbers in civilian employment − 65,000