Source
Occupation of Parents of Registered Prostitutes in Berlin (1873)
If we disregard the 102 cases in which the parents’ occupation is not specified, then we are left with the following occupational categories, ordered according to frequency of occurrence:
Occupation of parents | - | In percent |
|---|---|---|
Craft work | 1015 | 47.9 |
Factory work | 467 | 22.0 |
Minor civil service including private officials | 305 | 14.4 |
Transportation and trade | 222 | 10.4 |
Agriculture and gardening | 87 | 4.1 |
Military | 26 | 1.2 |
- | 2122 | 100.0 |
Source: Hermann Schwabe, “Einblicke in das innere und äußere Leben der Berliner Prostituirten,” Berliner Städtisches Jahrbuch für Volkswirtschaft und Statistik 1 (1874): pp. 60–74, here pp. 62–66; original German data reprinted in Gerhard A. Ritter and Jürgen Kocka, eds., Deutsche Sozialgeschichte 1870–1914. Dokumente und Skizzen, 3rd ed. Munich: C. H. Beck, 1982, p. 253.