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Download full textPearce, Diana – 1990
This publication presents profiles of displaced homemakers and single parents through analyses from estimates from the Current Population Survey conducted in March 1989. Section 1 on displaced homemakers focuses on three areas. The first part presents a demographic profile of displaced homemakers: their marital status (how they became displaced…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Demography, Displaced Homemakers
Oregon State Dept. of Education, Salem. – 1987
The greatest percentage of increase for women participating in the labor force in Oregon was among those between the ages of 25 and 44. The percentage of women with some postsecondary education has more than doubled in two generations. Women now represent 47 percent of full-time postsecondary students in Oregon. Fifty-seven percent of the state's…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Day Care, Demography, Displaced Homemakers
Baker, Barbara; Wilson, James R. – 1980
This 1980 report describes the present status of Alaskan women in the labor force. Extensive use is made of results of the 1976 Survey of Income and Education, an expanded version of the ongoing population survey conducted by the United States Bureau of Census. These topics are covered: demography of Alaskan women, race, age, families, labor force…
Descriptors: Age, Apprenticeships, Career Education, Demography
West, Donald A.; Price, Dorothy Z. – 1976
A study examined the 1972-73 employment of 535 female 1965 and 1966 high school graduates in non-metropolitan Washington. Findings revealed that although there were fewer job opportunities in rural areas, there appeared to be little difference between women working full- or part-time, their level of earnings, or job satisfaction when geographic…
Descriptors: Careers, Demography, Employed Women, Employment Level
Women's Bureau (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1983
This handbook on women workers, revised from the 1975 edition, provides current data related to worklife experiences of women and their economic and legal status, especially during the last half of the 1970s. In addition, historical data provide a perspective on trends in the labor force, experiences of women, and the effects of legislation on…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Blacks, Civil Rights Legislation
Employment Standards Administration (DOL), Washington, DC. Women's Bureau. – 1975
Data provided in this study encompass topics such as: labor force participation, unemployment, marital status, women heads of families, working mothers, the children of working mothers, education, employment status of high school dropouts, occupations, full-time and full-year workers, and earnings. Minority workers (data refers to all races other…
Descriptors: American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences
