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The question that is posed is to what extent women’s work in the family business was accounted for within the International Labour Organization (ILO) occupational statistics during the twentieth century, and how this categorization has changed in a broader global context.

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Why is it important?

International statistical classification forms an intriguing research object to explore, investigating the extent to which shifting meanings of work and gender occur at a transnational level. These questions form an analytical challenge for historians and sociologists alike. By exploring statistical classifications, one obtains an empirical insight into how and by which particular means various phenomena become ‘globalized’.

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I hope this article may help people discover how exiting and rewarding the study of statistics can be.

Theresa Wobbe
Potsdam University

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This page is a summary of: The category of ‘family workers’ in International Labour Organization statistics (1930s–1980s): a contribution to the study of globalized gendered boundaries between household and market, Journal of Global History, October 2017, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1740022817000183.
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