Women in the Labor Firce : A Databook

A major development in the American workforce has been the increased labor force participation of women; by 1999, 60% of women age 16 & older were in the labor force. Women also made substantial inroads into higher paying occupations & in higher education. This report presents historical & current labor force & earnings data for women & men from the Current Population Survey (CPS), a national monthly survey of approximately 60,000 households conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Unless otherwise noted, data are annual averages from the CPS. The Technical Note at the end of this report provides a detailed description of the source of the data & an explanation of concepts & definitions used. Extensive charts & tables.Utgoff, Kathleen P. is the author of 'Women in the Labor Firce : A Databook', published 2006 under ISBN 9781422303436 and ISBN 1422303438.