Presented are national statistics on the 1960-62 employment conditions of America's scientific and engineering manpower in relation to economic and social characteristics. The eight-page questionnaire used in the 1962 postcensal survey is concerned with the collection of data from individuals classified as scientists and engineers in the 1960…

This report describes a study of the present and future employment possibilities for the handicapped and disadvantaged in Northern Worcester County, Massachusetts. The report is divided into three sections: a) Career Education, b) Research Study, and c) Sampling. The first section introduces the principles of career education and their…

Most of this report consists of data in tables covering the following items: the total instructional staff, the faculty under tenure rules, the temporary instructional staff, salaries, new faculty, the rate of promotion of faculty women, length of service to Michigan State University, women in administrative positions, women graduate students,…

In order to fill an information gap regarding the employment of professional, administrative, and technical personnel by local governments, this study developed the methodology to estimate local government manpower supply and demand, and applied this methodology to the Illinois labor force. Occupations for which the needs are critical were…

This report documents the activities of the University Committee for Women's Rights (UCWR) at Pittsburgh University over a 1-year period. The chapters cover UCWR's negotiations with the University, summarize the data compiled, and present proposals for improving the condition of women. Data on faculty include: men and women faculty in 8 selected…

This bulletin summarizes the Bureau of Labor Statistics employment projections which are available and discusses their use in local educational planning. Included are material on projections of future manpower needs, information on occupational training programs, and statistics by occupation on manpower needs, annual openings, training methods,…

Forecasts of the opportunities and requirements that will face the American labor force are presented and discussed. The emphasis is on exploring the distribution of skills, temperaments and other individual characteristics of the labor force in 1960 and to systematically, as contrasted to subjectively and impressionistically, forecast their…

The study investigated the 'payoff' to investments in the human capital of nonwhite urban workers, taking account of whether they live in a core city ghetto, in the non-ghetto central city, or in the suburban ring. Three measures of 'payoff' were specified: weekly earnings, average annual unemployment or the conditional probability of being…

In-depth interviews with 75 California recipients of Aid to Families of Dependent Children (AFDC) were conducted to determine employment histories and identify possible causes. Expected factors such as family size, education, health, and motivation were not major determinants of work histories in this sample. Unemployment was related most strongly…

In their annual employment reports of 1972, the 609 commercial television stations included in this study reported that 10 percent of their 39,071 full time employees were drawn from members of minority groups, a slight increase from the nine percent reported in 1971. The proportion of women employees (22 percent) did not change between 1971 and…

As part of its survey of the demand for engineers and technicians conducted in the early part of 1970, the Engineering Manpower Commission asked employers two questions. The first request was: "Please list any curriculum areas in engineering where the number of graduates seems to be badly out of balance with employment needs at current…

This pamphlet lists the occupations discussed in the "Occupational Outlook Handbook" for which a high school education is preferred, but not essential. Occupational information is presented in a three-column format which includes job title, highlights of job qualifications and training, and employment opportunities and trends through 1985.…

This pamphlet is a publication of the Administration on Aging. It presents the following statistical information on older Americans: their number, geographic distribution, life expectancy, cost of personal health care, living arrangements, marital status, income, employment, health status and health care utilization. (SJL)

In January 1976, a letter and questionnaire were sent to undergraduate alumni of the classes of 1971 through 1975 to obtain information about post-graduation activities as they related to undergraduate majors. More than half the graduates who got jobs after graduating did so in areas related to their major and at a professional or…

This research project attempted to ascertain women's work values, and how these values might be related to specific demographic variables. A Work Value Scale was utilized. The six values examined were: dominance-recognition, economic, independence, interesting activity, mastery-achievement, and social. There were seven demographic variables:…