Three sections of information are presented in this report on employment and unemployment. Section 1 discusses how the concepts of employment, unemployment, and the labor force are defined and measured. Included in the discussion is an explanation of the current population survey. Section 2 examines the principal trends and cyclical movements of…

THE HARRISBURG AREA COMMUNITY COLLEGE COOPERATED WITH TWO HOSPITALS IN A SURVEY OF THE AREA'S NEEDS FOR HEALTH TECHNICIANS. DATA, COLLECTED BY QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS OF DOCTORS AND DENTISTS AND BY INTERVIEWS WITH ADMINISTRATORS OF HOSPITALS, NURSING HOMES AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS, INDICATED THAT (1) A 60-PERCENT INCREASE IN HEALTH MNAPOWER…

The objectives of the survey were to identify the types of employment available for each population area in Alaska and to determine the occupational goals of high school students in the state, in order to provide a basis for evaluation of vocational education curricula. Of 15,308 high school students enrolled the first week of the 1966-67 school…

Benchmark data essential to further study and action were obtained in 1963 from personnel records and interviews with representative samples of aides and nurses. Some findings were: (1) State and county mental hospitals employed approximately 96,000 psychiatric aides with eight states acccounting for one-half, (2) Although there were wide…

In order to understand the market climate for speech majors, the Department of Speech at the University of Houston conducted a survey to assess the marketability of speech communication graduates in the Greater Houston area. It further attempted to disclose the skills needed to increase employability. Seventy-one questionnaires, designed to focus…

Business communications, a career field tangential to that of journalism, was shown in a major research survey during 1975 to be an attractive, alternative profession for journalism majors. A questionnaire mailed to the membership of the International Association of Business Communicators contained 261 items, including demographies; questions on…

This report summarizes the data about minority group scientists and engineers obtained as part of a national survey of scientific and engineering personnel in 1972. Information pertaining to minority group college students enrolled in engineering is also discussed briefly. Within the 1972 scientist and engineering populations, racial minority…

This booklet presents the findings of an extensive survey conducted in 1971 by the American Association of School Administrators (AASA) to investigate characteristics of its members and their views of AASA's organizational structure and activities. Survey questionnaires were mailed to a systematic sample of approximately 2,200 AASA members. Of…

This publication presents data on the supply, utilization, and characteristics of U.S. doctoral scientists and engineers. The population surveyed consisted of individuals in the United States who held science or engineering doctorates, or who had received doctorates in nonscience and nonengineering areas but were employed in science or engineering…

This report presents tabular and graphical data on the characteristics of U.S. employed doctoral scientists and engineers, and includes data of the 1973 cohort; it augments data in a previous report, "Characteristics of Doctoral Scientists and Engineers in the United States, 1973," which reported on scientists and engineers who had…

A survey conducted in the summer of 1974 provided demographic, household, and manpower data regarding all Choctaws living in or near the seven Choctaw communities which comprise the reservation service area in east-central Mississippi. Results of the survey showed that of 2,118 persons in the labor force, 65% were employed, 8% were enrolled in…

This survey was intended to determine the relationship between educators' previous involvement with institutional change and their interest in the Massachusetts Diffusion Assistance Project (MDAP). Materials describing MDAP were mailed to 159 school administrators who had indicated an initial interest in MDAP. Respondents were divided into four…

Compilation of data on the unemployment and employment of artists on a base comparable with the data for the total U.S. population is presented. Tables present the main body of information about employment and unemployment. A brief summary of highlights is also included. Material presented is technical and intended for persons who are specially…

Summarized in this publication are the statistical highlights, conclusions, and implications of a study designed to analyze the shifts in Mississippi's occupational and industrial employment structures, and their interrelationship during the period from 1950 to 1960. Using data obtained from the United States Bureau of the Census 1952 and 1961…

The study sought to determine the possibility and feasibility of developing an intensified curriculum system that would provide high school seniors (with no prerequisite business courses) with those minimum skills essential for securing an entry job in selected occupational clusters. The first part of this two-faceted study involved the…