It also increased the probability of employment in a skilled occupation.

This brings us to the second general point: that women were not working in what were known as "skilled" occupations.

In practically every skilled occupation, more than fundamental knowledge of arithmetic is essential.

White people in skilled manual occupations enjoyed employment protection against black competition.

Pattern making is a highly skilled occupation and patterns can be extremely expensive to produce.

Nursing has been described as a skilled occupation rather than a profession.

"This is not a highly skilled occupation," he said.

Amongst those in more skilled occupations, as might be expected, it is much lower.

Adults could not attain highly skilled occupations that would pay better salaries.

"Manufacturing itself has become a highly skilled occupation in this state," he said.