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Ross, Peggy J.; Morrissey, Elizabeth S. – Rural Development Perspectives, 1987
The persistent poor make up only about a third of all the poor, and the rest are temporarily poor because of sudden changes in their lives--loss of job, marital breakup, or illness. The two groups of rural poor have different needs and will be helped by different types of programs. (JHZ)
Descriptors: Demography, Dislocated Workers, Divorce, Employment Patterns
Congress of the U. S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Government Operations. – 1986
The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) publishes the official unemployment rate on the first Friday of each month based on a sample survey of 59,500 households called the Current Population Survey. Unemployment data for states and local areas are published monthly by the BLS in cooperation with the state employment security agencies. The primary…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Interpretation, Dislocated Workers, Employment Patterns

Tigges, Leann M.; Tootle, Deborah M. – Rural Sociology, 1990
Examines the effect of the labor market structure on underemployment and low-wage employment of urban and rural White males. Examines factors of special public employment, global industrial competition, sexual competition, and high proportion of rural female workers. Concludes industrial restructuring and increased foreign competition threaten…
Descriptors: Dislocated Workers, Employment Opportunities, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Podgursky, Michael; Swaim, Paul – 1986
Job displacement represents a serious labor market problem affecting a broad spectrum of the labor force. A study used data from the January 1984 Displaced Worker Survey, a supplement to the Current Population Survey, which analyzed patterns of job displacement, the post-displacement reemployment, and earnings experience of displaced workers. The…
Descriptors: Adults, Dislocated Workers, Economic Factors, Educational Status Comparison
Lillie, John; And Others – 1987
The moral and ethical values enunciated by America's leading religious organizations lay much of the groundwork for its major democratic institutions and establish the benchmarks by which U.S. employment conditions and policies should be measured. The public's perception of the economy's relative well-being is based on oversimplified statistical…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Dislocated Workers, Employment Level, Employment Opportunities