The authors of this report analyzed the most recent data to illustrate the impact of literacy skills on both the micro- and macro-economic levels. The report explores whether there is a case to be made for direct links between literacy skill and income level. Data relating to the ability to get a job, job retention and promotion, risk of job loss,…

Based on data from the supplement to the February 1995 Current Population Survey, contingent workers were more likely to be female, black, young, enrolled in school, and employed in services and construction industries than were noncontingent workers. More than 10% were teachers. (Author)

More than one-fifth of employed persons with disabilities work late or rotating shifts, about the same as nondisabled workers. Day workers with disabilities receive lower hourly wages than nondisabled workers. Except for men, nonday workers with disabilities receive wages similar to their nondisabled counterparts. (Contains 27 references.)…

Data from the Current Population Survey indicate that relatively well paid, highly educated persons have more than one job because their schedule allows it, because their expertise is in demand, or because their financial reasons extend beyond meeting basic living expenses and paying off debts. (Author/JOW)

Explores the impact on workers of being in a nonstandard employment arrangement. Examines the distribution of workers among various arrangements and looks at aspects of work behavior and life events that may have influenced their working in a nonstandard arrangement. (Author/JOW)

Low-educated employed mothers have a higher prevalence of working nonstandard hours and days, nonfixed daytime schedules, and weekends than do their more educated counterparts. Welfare reformers will have to consider improving the fit between the availability of child care and these working mothers' schedules. (Author)

Data from a time-diary survey suggest that the average elementary school teacher works almost two hours per day more than the time required by contract. However, findings show that choice of measurement substantially affects time estimates. (JOW)

A survey was undertaken to obtain information on a number of working conditions including straight-time hourly earnings, weekly hours of work, and initial overtime provisions for nonsupervisory employees in selected Ontario industries. The purpose of the survey was to obtain data that would permit an assessment of the direct impact of proposed…

This publication provides data on day faculty teaching loads in the Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) for fall 1973 and fall 1974, and compares this data to statewide statistics. The overall LACCD teaching load in fall 1974 was 532 weekly student contact hours per full-time faculty member, compared to 531 for large community colleges…

This data book presents statistical data relating fall weekly student contact hours (WSCH) per full-time equivalent faculty (FTEF), from 1993-1997, by discipline, for each of the Los Angeles Community College District's nine colleges. Introductory comments indicate that between 1981 and 1997, faculty engaged in instruction declined from over 2,700…

This report contains data collected from 275 Pennsylvania school districts for the 1978-79 school year. The data reflect policies and practices affecting salaries, fringe benefits, and staffing ratios for nonprofessional personnel. The report is divided into three major sections. The first section presents comparative data for a number of…

This study presents information on instructional staffing in the Los Angeles Community College District in a format that facilitates the development of staffing standards appropriate to specific disciplines or program areas. This year's study compares Fall 1996 staffing levels in three different ways: (1) data on Full-Time Equivalent Faculty…

To provide current demographic and needs assessment information for public and private agencies serving migrants, a survey was conducted among farmers and the migrant workers they employed. Of 228 migrant labor camps in western and central New York, 57 were selected for study by a stratified random sampling procedure which assured adequate…

A survey of 205 people, 4 group interviews with approximately 30 people, and 6 design and analysis meetings involving approximately 40 people were conducted in a 1999 participatory study of contingent workers in Toronto. (Contingent work was defined to be lower-waged forms of non-permanent work arrangements that include contracting, employment…