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Download full textMcNeil, John M.; Lamas, Enrique J. – Current Population Reports, 1987
This report contains 23 tables reporting the differences between men and women in lifetime labor force attachment, occupation, and earnings. The information was collected from a sample of approximately 20,000 households in May, June, July, and August 1984, as part of the Survey of Income Program Participation. The first part of this report…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Choice, Employed Women, Employment Patterns
Peer reviewedYoung, 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
Sekscenski, Edward S. – Monthly Labor Review, 1981
Findings are presented from a May 1969 survey on the growing number of "moonlighters" in the work force: (1) one in twenty workers held more than one job during the survey week; (2) three of every ten multiple jobholders were women, nearly double the proportion of 1969; (3) the number of men with multiple jobs remained about the same; (4) the…
Descriptors: Adults, Blacks, Career Education, Employed Women
Waite, Linda J. – Population Bulletin, 1981
Women comprised 43% of the United States labor force in 1980, up from 29% in 1950. The surge in women's employment is linked to more delayed marriage, divorce, separation, women's increased education, lower fertility, rapid growth in clerical and service jobs, inflation, and changed attitudes toward "women's place." Employment has risen…
Descriptors: Adults, Affirmative Action, Career Education, Employed Parents
Workforce Economic Trends, 1998
Changing workplaces offer opportunities for workers and companies that are flexible and willing to learn and adapt. Some trends in the changing workplace include the following; (1) downsizing among companies is decreasing; (2) companies are creating jobs while eliminating other jobs; (3) economic factors are as likely to create jobs as eliminate…
Descriptors: Adults, Career Development, Dislocated Workers, Educational Needs
Hoffmann, Edeltraut; Walwei, Ulrich – IAB Labour Market Research Topics, 1999
Throughout the world, the forms of employment in industrialized countries are in a state of flux. Employment relationships that were previously considered "regular" (permanent, full-time) are becoming less significant. In place of these relationships, other employment options (such as fixed contracts, part-time employment, and contingent…
Descriptors: Adults, Developed Nations, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Patterns
