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Butterer, Clifford E. – 1969
A census of migrants residing in camps and housing facilities in 8 western New York State counties was conducted in 1968. A sample data form was sent to each known grower or owner before meeting with them. Where meetings could not be arranged, information was pieced together from other sources and reported as an estimate. Information for each…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Blacks, Census Figures, Housing
California State Dept. of Employment Development, Sacramento. Migrant Services Section. – 1978
The Employment Development Department's Migrant Services Section provides temporary housing at reasonable cost for migrant farmworkers and their families by contracting with local government agencies to manage programs of housing construction, operation and maintenance. Since 1965 migrant housing projects have been constructed at 26 locations in…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Ethnic Groups
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1974
The years 1972 and 1974 had the lowest multiple jobholding rates in a decade. About 3.9 million American workers (4.5 percent of all employed persons) held two or more jobs at the same time in May 1974. About 22 percent of all moonlighters had at least one agricultural job. The decrease in moonlighting was primarily due to the sharply lower…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1975
The document reports findings from the latest survey of multiple jobholders 16 years old and over. About 3.9 million workers held two or more jobs in May 1975. This accounted for 4.7 percent of all employed persons. The multiple jobholding rate for men was 5.8 percent and 2.9 percent for women. The rate was also higher for whites than blacks. The…
Descriptors: Agricultural Laborers, Census Figures, Employed Women, Employment
Bureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 1975
The following are some of the findings based on the results of the annual survey of marital and family characteristics of workers: (1) about 27.6 million of 62.7 million children had mothers in the labor force (over 2 million more than in March 1970); (2) 1.1 million of 6.5 million children under six were in families headed by women (71 percent…
Descriptors: Children, Comparative Analysis, Employed Parents, Employed Women
Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, DC. – 1965
THE TABLES AND ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY TEXT IN THIS REPORT DESCRIBE THE POOR BY AGE, SEX, AND LOCATION IN 1964. DATA ARE DERIVED FROM THE U.S. BUREAU OF THE CENSUS POPULATION SURVEY IN MARCH 1965. AS OF THIS DATE THERE WERE AN ESTIMATED 12 MILLION HOUSEHOLDS OR 34 MILLION PERSONS LIVING ON A POVERTY-LEVEL INCOME, WHICH AVERAGED APPROXIMATELY 70…
Descriptors: Adults, Age, Agricultural Laborers, Census Figures