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agricultural work, services work, child care, not working due to old age, life before school,
unemployment, and so on. By now you may not be surprised to know that maps of these
other occupational possibilities are also available at www.worldmapper.org.
Figure 5.16 Territory size shows the proportion of worldwide female industrial workers living there
(Worldmapper Map 129)
Text Box 5.15: Industrial Women
Over a third of all the women who work in industry live in China. The main industries of
China include the production of iron, steel, machines, armaments, textiles, chemical
fertilizers, processed food, toys, automobiles and electronics. Despite China's high
total of female workers in industry, it is Eastern European territories where the highest
proportions of the population are female industrial workers.
Southern Asia and Asia Pacific also have relatively high numbers of women working
in industry. It is the very richest and the very poorest of regions where the fewest of
the world's industrial women live.
In terms of the distribution of women within the industrial sector, women are
highly concentrated in garments and textiles industries
(United Nations Development Programme China, 2003)
5.2.15 Services men
The largest occupation group is services; this is true whether considering all people working
in services or both men and women when counted separately. A total of 879 million men
work in services. Men working in services (which is more than women) combined with