Dataset Identification:
Resource Abstract:
- description: The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a sample survey of the population 16 years of age and over. The survey
is conducted each month by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and provides comprehensive data on the
labor force, the employed, and the unemployed, classified by such characteristics as age, sex, race, family relationship,
marital status, occupation, and industry attachment. The information is collected by trained interviewers from a sample of
about 60,000 households located in 754 sample areas. These areas are chosen to represent all counties and independent cities
in the United States, with coverage in 50 States and the District of Columbia. The data collected are based on the activity
or status reported for the calendar week including the 12th of the month. Union data are available for all workers, members
of unions and represented by unions, with data available by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, occupation, industry,
state, and full- or part-time status. Median weekly earnings data are also available for members of unions, represented by
unions and non-union with data available by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, occupation, industry and full- or
part-time status.; abstract: The Current Population Survey (CPS) is a sample survey of the population 16 years of age and
over. The survey is conducted each month by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics and provides comprehensive
data on the labor force, the employed, and the unemployed, classified by such characteristics as age, sex, race, family relationship,
marital status, occupation, and industry attachment. The information is collected by trained interviewers from a sample of
about 60,000 households located in 754 sample areas. These areas are chosen to represent all counties and independent cities
in the United States, with coverage in 50 States and the District of Columbia. The data collected are based on the activity
or status reported for the calendar week including the 12th of the month. Union data are available for all workers, members
of unions and represented by unions, with data available by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, occupation, industry,
state, and full- or part-time status. Median weekly earnings data are also available for members of unions, represented by
unions and non-union with data available by age, race, Hispanic or Latino ethnicity, sex, occupation, industry and full- or
part-time status.
Citation
- Title Current Population Survey - Union Affiliation Data.
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- creation Date
2017-06-01T15:24:48.029498
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Digital Transfer Options
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- Linkage for online resource
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- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/lu
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Linkage for online resource
- name Dublin Core references URL
- URL: http://www.bls.gov/developers
- protocol WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link
- link function information
- Description URL provided in Dublin Core references element.
Metadata data stamp:
2018-08-06T19:41:18Z
Resource Maintenance Information
- maintenance or update frequency:
- notes: This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a dc metadata record; Transform by Stephen M. Richard, based
on a transform by Damian Ulbricht. Run on 2018-08-06T19:41:18Z
Metadata contact
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pointOfContact
- organisation Name
CINERGI Metadata catalog
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- Contact information
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- Address
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- electronic Mail Address cinergi@sdsc.edu
Metadata language
eng
Metadata character set encoding:
utf8
Metadata standard for this record:
ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification
standard version:
2007
Metadata record identifier:
urn:dciso:metadataabout:59c1120b-6c00-47a9-a638-406609f97f37
Metadata record format is ISO19139 XML (MD_Metadata)