Reported are the results of a survey of 98,000 engineers taken to be representative of approximately 500,000 members of engineering societies. Data analysis was done on 59,200 usable questionnaires. The list is believed to have included about 40 percent of the engineers in the nation. A facsimile questionnaire is reproduced at the end of the…

Summarizes results of a survey conducted by the Manpower Statistics Division of the American Institute of Physics (AIP). Questions were asked of nine member societies of the AIP concerning demographic and employment data such as professional self-identification, type of employer by highest degree, primary work activity, and annual salary. (CS)

The data in this survey were collected by the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies during the summer and fall of 1969 in order to permit an evaluation of the employment pattern of the recent Ph.D graduates. For each person who had graduated with the Ph.D. in the calendar years 1964-68 and in the spring of 1969, a questionnaire was sent to the…

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) prepares projections of growth in the gross national product and industrial output and employment in the United States. They are a framework for the Bureau's occupational projections program. This article evaluates BLS projections for 1985 and is the last step in the projections programs. (JOW)

Describes an American Chemical Society job status survey. Of the 3 percent of the members unemployed as of March 1, 1972, the highest rates of unemployment are among younger, industrial, research, development, and government funded chemists located on the two coasts. (TS)

Almost half the job gains in the 1970s took place in 20 of the 235 occupations and several job groups lost thousands of workers. The author looks at employment changes among the biggest occupational winners and losers of the 1970s. (JOW)

The success of virtually every endeavor of the Federal Government depends on the skills, abilities, and motivations of its work force. Yet recent years have seen increasing concern about the quality of the Federal work force and the Government's ability to retain its most capable employees. In any given year, the Government loses nearly 120,000…

To explore the feasibility of sample selection to predict agricultural employment, a stratified sample of 360 employers was drawn from the employers reporting employment in the Disability Insurance Program for agricultural workers in Fresno County. Month-to-month changes were examined for seven industry strata, and estimates were made by the…

In 1979 labor force and employment growth slowed from the rapid pace of the previous three years. The unemployment rate showed virtually no movement. Discusses employment by sex, race, age, and occupation, reasons for unemployment, and job desires. (JOW)

This pamphlet is a guide to locating specific data about working women in the various news releases, periodicals, bulletins, and reports published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). It shows where to obtain data on women's (1) labor force status, employment, and unemployment; (2) earnings and hours of work; (3) education; (4) membership in…

Jobs related to agricultural exports fluctuated over the period 1963-72, while other export-related jobs generally rose steadily. (Editor)

Discusses reasons for the discrepancy between projections of the 1985 labor market for Ph.D.'s in science and engineering made by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). Both project a surplus of Ph.D.'s; BLS projects a higher surplus. (MLH)