Collocations for the word female when used in the House of Representatives during the 1970s
| Collocation | Frequency |
|---|---|
| female workers | 47 |
| female employees | 41 |
| female labour | 39 |
| female officers | 34 |
| female members | 23 |
| female employment | 22 |
| female staff | 17 |
| female work | 16 |
| female teachers | 15 |
| female students | 13 |
| dependent female | 11 |
| female participation | 11 |
| female deaths | 10 |
| female wage | 10 |
| female officer | 9 |
| female persons | 9 |
| female unemployment | 9 |
| female employee | 8 |
| total female | 8 |
| adult female | 7 |
| female indigenous | 7 |
| female workforce | 7 |
| female basic | 6 |
| female cattle | 6 |
| female earnings | 6 |
| female member | 6 |
| female population | 6 |
| female public | 6 |
| married female | 6 |
| single female | 6 |
| female component | 5 |
| female expatriate | 5 |
| female personnel | 5 |
| female rates | 5 |
| female wages | 5 |
| many female | 5 |
| one female | 5 |
| award female | 4 |
| female minimum | 4 |
| female prison | 4 |
| female relationships | 4 |
| female school | 4 |
| female unemployed | 4 |
| unmarried female | 4 |
| entitle female | 3 |
| especially female | 3 |
| female applicants | 3 |
| female constituents | 3 |
| female dependants | 3 |
| female invalid | 3 |
| female journalists | 3 |
| female librarians | 3 |
| female membership | 3 |
| female migrant | 3 |
| female migrants | 3 |
| female office | 3 |
| female shop | 3 |
| female sperm | 3 |
| female suffrage | 3 |
| female would | 3 |
| staff female | 3 |