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Gilroy, Curtis L. – 1973
It is a common misconception that the unemployed segment of the population is made up solely of persons who have lost their jobs. In fact, such persons constitute less than half the jobless total (43 percent in 1972). Job leavers, reentrants, and new entrants are also important components of the unemployed. Job losers account for the greatest…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment, Employment Level, Employment Patterns
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1994
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are a set of surveys each of which has gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences of five groups of men and women since the mid-1960s. Each group of at least 5,000 persons was selected to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demography, Employment
Ohio State Univ., Columbus. Center for Human Resource Research. – 1994
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are a set of surveys each of which has gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences of five groups of men and women since the mid-1960s. Each group of at least 5,000 persons was selected to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Demography, Employment
Fahy, Terry W., Ed. – 1994
The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS), sponsored by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, are a set of surveys each of which has gathered information at multiple points in time on the labor market experiences of five groups of men and women since the mid-1960s. Each group of at least 5,000 persons was selected to be…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Citations (References), Demography
Friedman, Barry L.; Hausman, Leonard J. – 1975
The study's objective were: (1) to describe the patterns of work and welfare experience in low-income families and to explain their causes, and (2) to apply the findings to the policy problem of deciding which groups of welfare recipients should be required to work and provided with what mix of manpower services. The effectiveness of work…
Descriptors: Demography, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Problems
Sprinkle, Debbie L. – 1983
This chartbook presents information on the extent and nature of unemployment in the United States. The statistics presented are part of a broad array of unemployment and related labor force data available from the Current Population Survey, a sample survey of some 60,000 households conducted monthly by the Bureau of the Census. The 28 charts and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Black Employment, Citations (References)
Parnes, Herbert S.; And Others – 1969
This report, the first of a six-part, intensive longitudinal study, examines the relationships between selected demographic, attitudinal, and educational characteristics of male youth in the United States and their labor market experience and occupational aspirations. The data are drawn from interviews conducted during October-December 1966, with…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Blacks, Career Choice
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Special Committee on Aging. – 1980
The problem of senior citizens in Florida who need to work are chronicled in this third part of the Senate Special Committee on Aging, Work after 65 hearings, conducted in Orlando, Florida, in July, 1980. During the Florida hearing, representatives of various government programs for senior citizens, professors of education and economics and…
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Age Discrimination, Aging (Individuals), Demography