Since New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) began publishing tables and charts exploring "Trends & Indicators" in New England higher education more than a half-century ago, few figures have grabbed as much attention as college "enrollment" data. These local, state, regional and national data go beyond simple…

The labor force is the number of people aged 16 or older who are either working or looking for work. It does not include active-duty military personnel or institutionalized people, such as prison inmates. Quantifying this total supply of labor is a way of determining how big the economy can get. Labor force participation rates vary significantly…

Presents a table of monthly unemployment rates and percentage changes from July to October 1981. Data indicate unemployment in the total United States population, and are broken down for Whites, Blacks, males, females, and teenagers. (MJL)

National victimization survey data for 1972-76 are examined in order to investigate the extent to which they are in accord with Uniform Crime Report arrest data regarding the offender's sex. Results indicate that proportionate female involvement has been relatively stable except that larceny has shown a slight increase. (Author/GC)

In 1982 the civilian jobless rate for men exceeded that for women for the first time since 1947. Employment trends suggest that the female unemployment rate may be lower in the future. (Author/SK)

Earnings differences are relatively small between women and men in narrowly defined jobs; however, relatively few women fill the higher levels of these jobs. (Author/JOW)

Between 1984 and 1993, work activity increased among men under 65 who had retired early. Factors influencing this trend include changes in pensions, increased health care costs, longer life expectancy, more layoffs, and more opportunities for flexible schedules and less physically demanding work. (SK)

The average retirement age continued to decline in the 1990s after having leveled off during the preceding 10-15 years. The resumption of the decline is attributed largely to a rise in the labor force participation rate of older men and women between the mid-1980s and 2000. (Author/JOW)

This study examined the spousal relationship of 19 courtordered battering husbands as reflected in drawings of themselves and their wives. Two types of drawing characteristics were assessed: (a) graphic indicators of the spousal relationship and (b) graphic indicators of violent or aggressive behavior. Results revealed that the figures drawn by…

Examines effects of labor force participation on Black and White suicide. Criticizes theories that focus on fatalism and erosion of the Black family and suggests that occupation, the same factor that accounts for White male suicide rates, contributes heavily to an explanation of Black male and female suicide rates. (Author/MJL)

The earnings gap between black men and white men widened from 1979-89. Black men were more likely to experience declines in regions where they were concentrated. White men's earnings rose relative to black men's in lower-paying industries. (SK)

Among college graduates, women earned 73% as much as men in 1993. However, when earnings of women were compared with those of men in the same major field of study, at the same level degree, and in the same age group, about half the women earned at least 87% as much as the men. (Author)

Discusses reasons for the differences in earnings between men and women: (1) differences in the labor market characteristics between men and women, (2) differences in the distribution of men and women among different jobs, and (3) discrimination in the labor market. (JOW)

Discusses the changes occurring between 1976 and 1978 in the retirement status and expectations of a representative national sample of men aged 57-64 in 1978 and in the attitudes toward work and retirement of a representative national sample of retirees who in 1978 ranged between age 57 and 71. (CT)

The data reported in this article show that the proportion of papers presented at the American Educational Research Association meetings, that were contributed by women, has increased greatly since 1970. Much of this growth has been in the form of papers coauthored with men. (Author/MC)