The government also reported that factory employment dropped by 26,000 jobs; no change had been expected.

"In addition, factory employment, which had been declining for a long time, has been relatively stable since last winter," he said.

However domestic work is also not like paid work, especially factory employment, in a number of respects.

For example, factory employment has risen recently, sending jobless rates tumbling in heavily industrial states like Michigan.

The strong urban-rural gradient in the performance of factory employment is also evident at Figure 5.4.

Workers at temporary-help agencies increased by 35,000 and there were 23,000 more construction jobs; factory employment, however, edged down 7,000.

It is true that the nation's factory employment is in both absolute and relative decline.

It would not be easy to see how a case could be made that factory employment was an especially health-destroying occupation for adult males.

There is a waiting list for factory employment.

Nationwide, factory employment has risen in recent months, but it is only now back to pre-recession levels.