Developments in women's labor force participation

Monthly Labor Review

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 41-46

  Hayghe, Howard V ^a  

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References (7)

1. See Howard N Fullerton, Jr., "The 2005 labor force: growing, but slowly," Monthly Labor Review, November 1995, p. 34.
2. See William Goodman, Stephen Antczak, and Laura Freeman, "Women and jobs in recessions, 1969-92," Monthly Labor Review, July 1993, pp. 26-35.
3. The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a nationwide household survey conducted each month for the Bureau of Labor Statistics by the Bureau of the Census. The sample currently includes about 50,000 households. The purpose of the survey is to collect information about the demographic characteristics and employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years old and over. The data collected in March of each year by the CPS undergo additional editing and processing to more clearly identify family and household relationships among individuals. For this reason, data from the March CPS have traditionally been used to track trends in labor force participation of mothers.
4. See Employment Characteristics of Families: 1996, USDL 97-195 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 16, 1997).
5. In 1967, substantial changes were made in the CPS questionnaire as a result of recommendations of the President's Committee to Appraise Employment and Unemployment Statistics (the Gordon Committee).
6. See Sharon R. Cohany, Anne E. Polivka, and Jennifer M. Rothgeb, "Revisions in the Current Population Survey Effective January 1994," Employment and Earnings, February 1994, pp. 13-37.
7. See Anne E. Polivka and Stephen M. Miller, "The CPS After the Redesign: Refocusing the Economic Lens," BLS Working Paper 269 (Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 1995), for estimates of the redesign effect on labor force participation rates.