Source
Gainfully Employed Persons by Economic Sector and Occupational Status in the Federal Republic 1950–1970 (in percent)
Economic sector | Year | Total number of gainfully employed persons | Distribution: | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Self-employed | Participating family members | Civil servants | White-collar employees | Workers | |||
Agriculture and forestry, animal husbandry and fishing | 1950 | 23.2 | 38.4 | 85.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 9.7 |
1961 | 13.5 | 35.3 | 74.9 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 3.2 | |
1970 | 7.5 | 25.8 | 60.9 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 2.2 | |
Manufacturing and processing industry | 1950 | 34.4 | 22.3 | 4.6 | 0.3 | 28.3 | 50.9 |
1961 | 40.5 | 17.1 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 33.0 | 61.4 | |
1970 | 41.2 | 18.2 | 11.1 | 0.3 | 34.7 | 61.2 | |
Construction industry | 1950 | 7.9 | 6.4 | 0.6 | – | 3.1 | 12.6 |
1961 | 7.7 | 5.2 | 1.0 | – | 2.5 | 13.0 | |
1970 | 7.7 | 6.5 | 2.4 | – | 3.2 | 12.9 | |
Trade, banking, and insurance | 1950 | 10.1 | 20.0 | 5.5 | 1.3 | 28.9 | 3.3 |
1961 | 13.6 | 23.7 | 9.8 | 1.0 | 30.7 | 4.4 | |
1970 | 15.0 | 24.3 | 12.8 | 0.9 | 27.9 | 6.9 | |
Transportation | 1950 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 38.6 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
1961 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 37.6 | 4.1 | 5.1 | |
1970 | 5.4 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 24.0 | 3.9 | 4.7 | |
Services | 1950 | 6.3 | 6.8 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 8.4 |
1961 | 11.2 | 16.4 | 7.1 | 21.1 | 16.9 | 7.3 | |
1970 | 13.6 | 22.1 | 11.8 | 19.5 | 18.2 | 7.9 | |
Other economic sectors | 1950 | 12.6 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 58.9 | 29.6 | 9.7 |
1961 | 7.9 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | 13.1 | 5.5 | |
1970 | 9.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 55.0 | 11.5 | 4.3 | |
All economic sectors together | 1950 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
1961 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | |
1970 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Source: Gerhard A. Ritter and Merith Niehuss, Wahlen in Deutschland, 1945–1990. Ein Handbuch. Munich: Beck, 1991, p. 53.