鑑於過去有關日治時期勞動市場研究之不足，本文乃利用1905-1944年間
歷次戶口普查結果表，以現代勞動力的定義，重新界定勞動力的計算範圍，期能
對該時代的勞動力組成有較為深入市精確的了解。除了修正「本業」的界定內容，
並將「副業」計入就業人口，由此估得的勞動參與狀況乃表現出相當高的水平，
確與過去文獻所揭示者大異其趣;若進一步由年齡結構面觀察，1905.1915及1920
等三年因有大量的農家副業使婦女持續地參與工作，致其分齡勞動參與型態近似
於男性的倒U形，為其後包括戰前與戰後的各年次所未見者，此亦凸顯了日治時
期女性勞動力的特殊性。至於產業結構面則顯示與其他研究大體一致的結論，即
歷年農林漁牧業的比重一直最高，但其所占比率則逐次下降，而工、商等業的比
重則逐年顯著提升，表示日治時期台灣傳統經濟社會的勞動力，隨著殖民者的統
治需要，也因應著工業化與現代化的走向，顯現出具體的轉換。

This paper uses the censuses of the 1905-1944 period to constructa new
labor force series. In addition to revising the classification ofprimary occupations, we
counted the persons who held secondaryoccupations in the population. The resulting
labor force participation rate is higher than those obtained in previous studies.
Basedon the new series, the age structure reveals that the female's patternof labor
force participation is similar to the male's inverted U-shapein the years 1905, 1915
and 1920. This is due to the fact that agreat amount of rural "secondary occupations"
made continuousparticipation for women a feasible choice. The labor force
shiftedfrom the agricultrial sector to the manufacturing sector as Taiwan'seconomy
began its industrilization and modernization, which is consistent with previous
findings.