The annual work experience survey, conducted each March as a supplement to the Current Population Survey, provides data that reveal how many worked and/or looked for work during the previous year. (JOW)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has been studying the relationship between changes in the labor composition and productivity growth. Following a discussion of BLS estimates of the relationship between age of the worker and productivity, this report describes preliminary results now available from the new study. (JOW)

Annual review of the employment situation of male Vietnam Era veterans shows employment gains during the year ending June 1972 and includes, for the first time, data on occupations, residence, and reasons for being unemployed. (MF)

Presents current and projected occupational employment estimates that were developed by industry and are part of a national industry-occupational employment matrix. The data from this matrix will be the basis of the information in the 1984-85 education of the Occupational Outlook Handbook to be issued in the Spring of 1984. (NRJ)

Discusses three different concepts of high technology and illustrates employment trends under these three concepts. Concludes that for the foreseeable future the bulk of employment expansion will take place in non-high tech fields. (NRJ)

Mail questionnaire survey of employment by occupation provides data for labor market analysis, employment projections, and educational program planning. (BH)

Studies the Bureau of Labor Statistics' moderate-growth economic and employment projections for the years through 1995. These are marked by a period of recovery from the 1982 recession, followed by stable economic growth through the mid-1990s. (NRJ)

The standard definition of unemployment results in a severe underestimation of Native Americans. Availability of local employment opportunities determines whether they actively look for work. Also, significant numbers choose to work intermittently. It is, therefore, difficult to measure Native American labor force participation. (JOW)

New findings and inferences from BLS surveys and comparisons with econometric model concepts. (Editor)

Bureau of Labor Statistics' 1980 estimates were on target for professional and service occupations, fairly accurate for farm, craft, clerical, and sales occupations, but significantly off the mark for managerial and administrative, nonfarm labor, and operative occupations. (JOW)

This article reviews data from the 1979 Staines-Quinn study of job satisfaction levels and contrasts them with data from similar surveys of the same era. The Staines-Quinn study's conclusions differ from conclusions of other studies and the authors examine the possible reasons for this. (CT)

According to a new analysis of Census data, turnover among all health workers from 1965 to 1970 was significantly lower than for the general labor force; exceptions were lesser skilled health employees who left jobs at about the same rate as other workers. (Editor/TA)

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) prepares projections of growth in the gross national product and industrial output and employment in the United States. They are a framework for the Bureau's occupational projections program. This article evaluates BLS projections for 1985 and is the last step in the projections programs. (JOW)