Current Population Survey

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Author: 
U.S. Census Bureau
Year: 
2000
Month: 
March
Publisher: 
U.S. Census Bureau
Description: 

The Census Bureau conducts the Current Population Survey (CPS) for the Bureau of Labor Statistics as a source of data on employment and unemployment. Each month the survey contacts about 50,000 households and collects basic data on the characteristics of households and their labor force status: employment, job search, occupation, weeks worked, hours worked last week, etc. More recently, the survey asks supplemental questions on a variety of other subjects: income, poverty, education, and migration.

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