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Peer reviewedRones, Philip L.; Leon, Carol – Monthly Labor Review, 1979
A strong increase in employment highlighted the nation's job situation in 1978. A record 59 percent of the working-age population were jobholders by the end of fourth quarter and the unemployment rate dropped to 5.8 percent. Women age 16 and over accounted for two-thirds of the growth in the civilian labor force. (BM)
Descriptors: Blacks, Employed Women, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
