In 2006, there were an estimated 181,000 low-income children in the province, with British Columbia (BC) reporting the highest before-tax child poverty rate (21.9%) in Canada (15.8%) for the fifth year in a row. This was the news in the "2008 Child Poverty Report Card" recently released by the First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy…

Background: The literature places special focus on the quality of life (QoL) of individuals with disability and on their self-determination and social and work participation. The field of vocational guidance also considers the satisfaction these individuals experience concerning their future crucial to their QoL. At the same time, however, persons…

To establish a framework within which occupations can be compared, this article details four occupational characteristics: size, growth rate, average earnings, and susceptibility to unemployment. This information is presented for 177 occupations which account for half of total employment. (SK)

We examine the prevalence of nonstandard employment in the nonmetropolitan United States using the Current Population Survey Supplement on Contingent Work (1999 and 2001). We find that nonstandard work is more prevalent in nonmetropolitan than in central city or suburban areas. Logistic regression models controlling for sociodemographic and work…

Although part-time faculty continue to dominate the instructional workforce of community colleges, relatively little is known about this diverse group of individuals. Part-timers are often portrayed as being "free-way flyers" who constantly seek full-time appointments in postsecondary education institutions. However, as this article demonstrates,…

This study of the employment patterns of married women in relation to family composition is based on a sample of 32,500 cases from the 1960 census. Comparisons of employment rates among subpopulations and dummy variable regression techniques were used to analyze the data. Employment status, including full or part time, was compared with family…

Compares a 1992 survey of Australian technical communicators with a 1991 survey of American technical communicators, looking at similarities and differences. Discusses member profiles, employment profile and salary, job satisfaction, and other issues. Finds no marked differences between the profiles of Australian and United States technical…

Analysis of occupational structures in Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States shows divergent paths toward postindustrial society, with different forms of knowledge-based production (service-economy and info-industrial) that reflect cultural and institutional diversity. (SK)

The present study focuses primarily upon wives in Black middle-class families, with comparisons made to wives in middle-class White and working-class Black families. Results suggest that Black middle-class wives have higher employment rates because of economic need. (Author)

The authors analyze labor market flexibility and adjustment capabilities of Japan and the United States. They examine the job shift to services and trends in wages, productivity, and exchange rates to judge the international competitive position of each country. (CH)

Although female employment is associated with lower levels of completed fertility in the civilian world, we find family formation rates among U.S. military women to be comparatively high. We compare enlisted women with civilian women using the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 3,547), the only data set to measure simultaneously the…

The purpose of the study is to examine A. F. Shorrocks's 1971 conclusion in the light of post-1969 events, examining first, the relation between imports and employment; second, the changes in unemployment in the steel industry, both in steel producing centers and nationally; and third the role of capacity utilization. (Author)

It is difficult to compare the United States and European Community (EC) agricultural sectors for several reasons. For one thing, the European community is an economic association of 12 independent nations, each of which has its own national methods of data collection and statistical presentation. The problem of comparing the two sectors is…