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Download full textSmith, Leslie Whitener; Rowe, Gene – 1978
The report presents data on demographic, social and economic characteristics of 2.8 million persons 14 years of age and over who did farmwork for cash wages or salary in 1976, and summarizes some of the more pertinent changes in the size, composition, and employment patterns of hired farmworkers. Data, taken from a survey conducted by the Bureau…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Employed Women
Pollack, Susan L.; Jackson, William R., Jr. – 1983
The report presents data on the demographic, social, and economic characteristics of the approximately 2.5 million persons 14 years old and over who did hired farmwork during 1981. Data from a survey conducted by the Bureau of the Census included each state and the District of Columbia but not Puerto Rico or other United States territories. In…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures
Pollack, Susan L. – 1986
In 1983, about 2.6 million people 14 years of age and older did hired farmwork. Most of the woekers were White (73%), under 25 years old (50%), and male (78%). Hispanics made up 13% of the work force, and Blacks and other minority groups made up 14%. There were significant regional differences in racial/ethnic composition. Hispanic workers were…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures
Peer reviewedHackenberg, Robert A.; Wilson, C. Roderick – Human Organization, 1972
Descriptors: American Indian Reservations, Community Study, Employment Patterns, Migration Patterns
Kauppinen-Toropainen, Kaisa – 1987
The Finnish labor market is sharply segregated by sex. Previous research has shown the work of women to be inferior to that of men in that the work of women is less autonomous, allows less freedom for self-regulation and self-determination, is more restricted in space and time, and is more monotonous. This study sought to determine whether the…
Descriptors: Employees, Employment Patterns, Foreign Countries, Labor Market
Schilit, Jeffrey; Nimnicht, Glen – 1990
This study was conducted to gather more definitive information about aliens who were newly legalized under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. Two groups of eligible legal aliens were interviewed in Florida: those residing in the United States before 1982 (PRE-82s) and special agricultural workers (SAWs). The 1,300 subjects were asked…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Agricultural Laborers, Demography, Economic Status
Planck, Ulrich – 1981
Trends in employment in West Germany evolved from analysis of a rural youth survey based on interviews from 1955, 1968, and 1980. Persons surveyed were from 17 to 28 years of age and lived in settlements of 5,000 inhabitants or less. During the time period (1955-1980), the youth employment rate decreased from 74% to 67%. Agricultural jobs…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Agricultural Laborers, Agricultural Occupations, Career Choice
