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Labor CSV File

From the CORGIS Dataset Project

By Austin Cory Bart acbart@vt.edu
Version 2.0.0, created 3/11/2016
Tags: labor, race, age, sex, gender, america, usa, census, employed, unemployed, employability, job, work, civilian, black, white, asian, government

Overview

The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a monthly survey of households conducted by the Bureau of Census for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. It provides a comprehensive body of data on the labor force, employment, unemployment, persons not in the labor force, hours of work, earnings, and other demographic and labor force characteristics.

http://www.bls.gov/cps/home.htm

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Key Descriptions

Key List of... Comment Example Value
Time.Month Integer $MISSING_FIELD 1
Time.Month Name String $MISSING_FIELD "January"
Time.Year Integer $MISSING_FIELD 1972
Data.Civilian Noninstitutional Population.Asian Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Civilian Noninstitutional Population.Black or African American Float $MISSING_FIELD 14332.0
Data.Civilian Noninstitutional Population.White Float $MISSING_FIELD 126749.0
Data.Not In Labor Force.Asian Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Not In Labor Force.Black or African American Float $MISSING_FIELD 5998.0
Data.Not In Labor Force.White Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Asian.Counts Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Asian.Participation Rate Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Employed.Asian.Counts Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Employed.Asian.Unemployment Rate Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Unemployed.Asian.Counts Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Unemployed.Asian.Unemployment Rate Float $MISSING_FIELD 0.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 8334.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 4180.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 3498.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Participation Rate.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 58.1
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Participation Rate.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 76.2
Data.Civilian Labor Force.Black or African American.Participation Rate.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 50.9
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 75608.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 43514.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 25728.0
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Participation Rate.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 59.7
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Participation Rate.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 81.7
Data.Civilian Labor Force.White.Participation Rate.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 42.7
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 7367.0
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 3802.0
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 3156.0
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Employment-Population Ratio.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 51.4
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Employment-Population Ratio.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 69.3
Data.Employed.Black or African American.Employment-Population Ratio.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 45.9
Data.Employed.White.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 71169.0
Data.Employed.White.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 41418.0
Data.Employed.White.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 24403.0
Data.Employed.White.Employment-Population Ratio.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 56.1
Data.Employed.White.Employment-Population Ratio.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 77.7
Data.Employed.White.Employment-Population Ratio.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 40.5
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 967.0
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 378.0
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 343.0
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Unemployment Rate.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 11.6
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Unemployment Rate.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 9.0
Data.Unemployed.Black or African American.Unemployment Rate.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 9.8
Data.Unemployed.White.Counts.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 4439.0
Data.Unemployed.White.Counts.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 2096.0
Data.Unemployed.White.Counts.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 1325.0
Data.Unemployed.White.Unemployment Rate.All Float $MISSING_FIELD 5.9
Data.Unemployed.White.Unemployment Rate.Men Float $MISSING_FIELD 4.8
Data.Unemployed.White.Unemployment Rate.Women Float $MISSING_FIELD 5.1