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Download full textYoung, Anne McDougall – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
The 1970s were marked by an increase in the level of education attainment of the average worker. By 1979 thirty-six per cent of all workers over 18 completed at least one year of college, and the percentage of workers not completing high school declined considerably. While the proportion of men participating in the labor force continued to fall,…
Descriptors: Adults, Demography, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedCohen, Yinon – International Migration Review, 1989
Compares Israeli-born Americans, including Arabs, to both United States and Israeli populations with respect to demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. While Israeli immigrants in the United States experienced greater economic success and lower unemployment than the Israeli labor force, research reveals occupational and economic…
Descriptors: Arabs, Census Figures, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1976
Statistical data on working women in the United States from age 16 to 70 and over are analyzed for the 1974-75 period. It is noted that the labor force participation of women has risen dramatically since 1950, although the rate has stabilized somewhat since the late 1960's (which is in marked contrast to the rate of their male counterparts, which…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Comparative Analysis, Economic Status, Educational Experience
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1977
Information on the characteristics of working women in the United States and changing trends over the past quarter century are presented in this databook. (The primary source of the data is the Current Population Survey, which is conducted monthly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Bureau of the Census.) Part 1 of the databook provides…
Descriptors: Age Groups, Educational Experience, Employed Women, Employment Experience
Hayghe, Howard; Johnson, Beverly L. – 1980
This databook presents 100 tables of statistics on the characteristics of working women in the United States and their changing socioeconomic status, especially during the 1970s. Most of these statistics are from the Current Population Survey (a household sample survey conducted monthly for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Bureau of the…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Demography, Educational Attainment
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1976
The report presents data on selected social, economic, and demographic characteristics of women of Spanish origin in the United States. Derived from the population reports of the U.S. Census Bureau and the March 1973 Manpower Report of the President, the statistical data pertain to age, residence, marital status, heads of families and households,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Census Figures, Demography
