SPATIAL VARIATIONS IN WOMEN'S SHARE OF THE MANUFACTURING LABOR FORCE IN TENNESSEE: A STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

A neglected facet of the geographic literature is the role of women employed in the labor force. Women make up a significant share of the labor force, and comprise approximately a third of the manufacturing employment in the United States during 1970. But the relative magnitude of female employment in manufacturing varies throughout the United States, and in some areas of the South, women make up more than half of the manufacturing employment. The purpose of this study is to introduce the manufactural aspect of women's role in the labor force by (1) examining the spatial variation in women's share of manufacturing employment in Tennessee; and (2) identifying employment, socio-economic, and distance variables which are associated with women's share of manufacturing employment in Tennessee.