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Engineering Employment and Unemployment Data, 1971. Original Data from the 1971 National Survey of Engineering Employment.
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Engineers Joint Council, New York, NY. Engineering Manpower Commission. – 1971
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…
Descriptors: Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Engineers, Occupational Surveys
Assessing the Accuracy of BLS Local Unemployment Rates: A Case Study.
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Buss, Terry F. – Industrial and Labor Relations Review, 1986
This study employs the Bureau of Labor Statistics' (BLS) survey methodology to estimate unemployment in the Youngstown/Warren Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (SMSA) in June 1984. When the resulting estimates are compared with those obtained using the BLS's local survey methodology, it is found that the BLS estimates significantly understate…
Descriptors: Employment Statistics, Research Methodology, Statistical Analysis, Statistical Bias
Reevaluation of the AIBS Manpower Survey
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Creager, Joan G.; Vetter, Betty M. – BioScience, 1974
Presents a re-evaluation of the level of unemployment among bioscientists from a new analysis of the data collected in the 1973 manpower survey conducted by the American Institute of Biological Sciences. (JR)
Descriptors: Biological Sciences, Employment Statistics, Labor Utilization, Occupational Surveys
Youth Labor Force Activity: Alternative Surveys Compared.
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Bowers, Norman – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
Uncovers methodological, design, or questionnaire differences among surveys concerning youth labor force activity which may account for the discrepancies in employment and unemployment measures. (CT)
Descriptors: Employment Statistics, Labor Force, Questionnaires, Research Design
Research: All Is Not Bleak for Liberal Arts Grads
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Walsh, Michael – Change, 1975
Issue is taken with Bureau of Labor Statistics surveys of unemployment among 1972 liberal arts graduates because they are taken in the first year or two after graduation. The author reports his own 1974 study of 735 1972 graduates which reveals lower rates of unemployment and higher levels of employment. (JT)
Descriptors: College Graduates, Employment Level, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Employability Factors and Needs of Wisconsin Tribal Indians.
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Wisconsin State Employment Service, Madison. – 1968
General characteristics of Wisconsin tribal Indians as they relate to employment factors and needs are outlined. Household and individual surveys were conducted which yielded information pertaining to: residence; employment statistics; primary occupations; industrial employment; educational level and school status; educational level and income;…
Descriptors: American Indians, Educational Background, Employment Level, Employment Statistics
The Labor Market Experience of 14-21-Year-Olds. Research on Youth Employment and Employability Development. Youth Knowledge Development Report 2.6.
Endriss, J. R.; Froomkin, Joseph – 1980
This report summarizes data from the 1976 Survey of Income and Education, concerning the labor force participation, work experience, earnings, and unemployment of 32.8 million youth aged 14 to 21. Special attention is paid in the report to the experience of the poor, minorities, and women. Following an initial narrative summary of survey findings…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blacks, Demography, Economically Disadvantaged