Jobseeking Methods Used by American Workers

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This bulletin analyzes the methods which persons used to find jobs during 1972. The basic data were obtained in a questionnaire prepared by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Manpower Administration (MA) in cooperation with the Bureau of the Census . The Bureau of the Census collected the information as a supplement to its Current Population Survey , and tabulated the data according to specifications prepared by BLS and MA.

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Halaman 59 - SMSA is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more, or "twin cities" with a combined population of at least 50,000. In addition to the county, or counties, containing such a city or cities, contiguous counties are included in an SMSA if, according to certain criteria, they are essentially metropolitan in character and are socially and economically integrated with the central city.
Halaman 59 - Except in New England, a standard metropolitan area is a county or group of contiguous counties which contains at least one city of 50,000 inhabitants or more.
Halaman 58 - ... available for work during the survey week (except for temporary illness). Also included as unemployed are those who did not work at all, were available for work, and (a) were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid off; or (b) were waiting to report to a new wage or salary job within 30 days.
Halaman 60 - ... any systematic biases in the data. The chances are about 68 out of 100 that an estimate from the sample •would differ from a complete census figure by less than the standard error.
Halaman 59 - Age. The age classification is based on the age of the person at his last birthday. Race. The population is divided into three groups on the basis of race: White, Black, and "other races.
Halaman 61 - The reliability of an estimated percentage, computed by using sample data for both numerator and denominator, depends upon both the size of the percentage and the size of the total upon which the percentage is based. Estimated percentages are relatively more reliable than the corresponding estimates of the numerators of the percentages, particularly if the percentages are 50 percent or more.
Halaman 58 - ... or too old to work, seasonal workers for whom the survey week fell in an off...
Halaman 58 - Employed. Employed persons comprise (1) all civilians who, during the survey week did any work at all as paid employees or in their own business or profession, or on their own farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers on a farm or in a business operated by a member of the family...
Halaman 58 - ... all those who were not working but who had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent because of illness, bad weather, vacation, labor-management dispute, or personal reasons, whether or not they were paid by their employers for the time off, and whether or not they were seeking other jobs.
Halaman 59 - Reliability of the estimates. Since the estimates are based on a sample, they may differ somewhat from the figures that would have been obtained if a complete census had been taken using the same schedules, instructions, and enumerators.

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