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Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey

Women in the Labor Force: A Databook


   U.S. Department of Labor
   U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
   December 2008
   Report 1011 (PDF, 101 printed pages)

   Links to PDF files of individual sections and tables from the report are listed below.

    Introduction and Highlights
    Technical Note
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Statistical Tables

  1. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2007 annual averages
  2. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 16 years and over by sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
  3. Employment status by race, age, sex, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007 annual averages
  4. Employment status by marital status and sex, 2007 annual averages
  5. Employment status by sex, presence and age of children, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2007
  6. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, marital status, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, March 2007
  7. Employment status of women by presence and age of youngest child, March 1975-2007
  8. Employment status of the civilian noninstitutional population 25 to 64 years of age by educational attainment and sex, 2007 annual averages
  9. Percent distribution of the civilian labor force 25 to 64 years of age by educational attainment and sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
  10. Employed persons by major occupation and sex, 2006-07 annual averages
  11. Employed persons by detailed occupation and sex, 2007 annual averages
  12. Employed women by occupation, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007 annual averages
  13. Employed persons by industry and sex, 2006-07 annual averages
  14. Employed persons by detailed industry and sex, 2007 annual averages
  15. Employed women by industry, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2007 annual averages
  16. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers in current dollars by race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and sex, 1979-2007 annual averages
  17. Median usual weekly earnings of employed full-time wage and salary workers 25 years and over by educational attainment and sex, 2007 annual averages
  18. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by detailed occupation and sex, 2007 annual averages
  19. Median usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers by industry and sex, 2007 annual averages
  20. Employed persons by full- and part-time status and sex, 1970-2007 annual averages
  21. Average weekly hours at work in all industries and in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2007 annual averages
  22. Work experience of the population by sex and full- and part-time status, selected years, 1970-2006
  23. Married-couple families by number and relationship of earners, 1967-2006
  24. Contribution of wives' earnings to family income, 1970-2006
  25. Wives who earn more than their husbands, 1987-2006
  26. Wage and salary workers paid hourly rates with earnings at or below the prevailing Federal minimum wage by selected characteristics, 2007 annual averages
  27. Working poor: Poverty status of persons in the labor force for 27 weeks or more by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, 2006
  28. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and contingent and noncontingent status, February 2005
  29. Percent distribution of employed persons by age, sex, and alternative work arrangements, February 2005
  30. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
  31. Job-related work at home on primary job: All workers by marital status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2004
  32. Displaced workers by age, sex, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, and employment status in January 2008
  33. Labor force status of 2007 high school graduates and 2006-07 high school dropouts 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment and sex, October 2007
  34. Labor force status of persons 16 to 24 years old by school enrollment, sex, and educational attainment, October 2007
  35. Multiple jobholders and multiple jobholding rates by sex and race, May of selected years, 1970-2007, not seasonally adjusted
  36. Unincorporated self-employed persons in nonagricultural industries by sex, 1976-2007 annual averages
  37. Employment status of the native-born and foreign-born civilian noninstitutional population by age and sex, 2007 annual averages
  38. Union affiliation of employed wage and salary workers by sex, annual averages, 1983-2007


 

Last Modified Date: December 19, 2008