Both sexes had higher levels of unemployment in 1982 than in 1975, but the difference was far greater for men. Changes in the industrial mix of the labor force were overwhelmed by cyclical increases in unemployment and in the number of new job seekers. (Author/SK)

Analysis of results for 1960, 1965, and 1970, and more recent data presage a growing gap between the projected female labor force and its actual size. (Editor)

Special labor force report shows that the proportion of married women with jobs rose dramatically over the past decade. (Editor)

During the early 1990s, there was no growth in women's labor force participation rates. Since 1994, however, the rate has edged upward with mothers accounting for most of the rise. (Author)

Trends in the labor force participation rates of people with disabilities follow closely those of people of the same age and sex who are free from disabilities. In both groups, women fared better than men in the 1970-92 period. (Author)

Presents new projections for the 1995 labor force with alternative demographic and economic assumptions. Lists significant changes in the labor force trends reflecting the aging of the baby-boom generation and the growth of the Black population. (NRJ)

A proposed new age-adjusted measure for calculating labor force participation rate eliminates the effect of changes in the age distribution. According to the new criterion, increases in women's labor force participation from 1960-2000 would have been even greater of shifts in the age distribution had not occurred. (Contains 12 references.) (JOW)

More than six million persons who spent at least half of 1987 in the labor force were poor; among families with workers, those headed by unmarried women with children have the highest poverty rates. (Author)

The labor force participation rate of women 55 and over, which had increased steadily after World War II, has been edging down since 1970. (Author)

Describes the growth of the female civilian labor force in the Nation from 1950 to 1975 and analyzes the upward shift in the civilian labor force participation rate from a flow perspective to determine the role of various factors that have produced the rise in the civilian labor force participation rate of women. (SH)

Special Labor Force Report on marital and family characteristics shows increase in number of families with more than one worker. (Editor)

Shows that married women again led annual rise in work force, with single men ranking second. (Editor)

In a look ahead at the 1995 labor force, all three projections--high, middle, and low--indicate that women will account for two-thirds of the growth, most of which will occur in the prime working-age group; the Black labor force will grow twice as fast as the White. (CT)

U.S. labor force projections from 1950-2050 indicate slower growth in the labor force; changes in its gender, age, and racial composition; and a decrease in the economic dependency ratio that will reverse itself in the next decade. (JOW)