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• ACS Employment Status Data by Block Group, 2006—2010



• Comparison of ACS and CPS Data on Employment Status



• Dynamics of Economic Well-Being: Spells of Unemployment, 2004-2007 [PDF - 339k]



• 2008 American Community Survey Data Employment and Unemployment Research Note: Changes to the American Community Survey between 2007 and 2008 and the Effect on the Estimates of Employment and Unemployment



• ACS Economic Brief: Labor Force Participation Rate of People 65 Years and Older: 2008 American Community Survey [PDF - 202k]



• ACS Economic Brief: Work Status of People 65 Years and Older: 2008 American Community Survey [PDF - 209k]



• Guidance on Survey Differences in Labor Force Estimates



• Labor Force Fact Sheet: Differences Among the Employment and Unemployment Estimates from the American Community Survey, the Current Population Survey, and the Local Area Unemployment Statistics Program



• Opting-Out: An Exploration of Labor Force Participation of New Mothers: Paper [PDF - 125k] | Poster [PDF - 513k] | Presentation [PPT - 5.7k]



• The Characteristics of Employed Female Caregivers and their Work Experience History: Abstract [PDF - 36k] | Poster [PDF - 420k] | Presentation [PPT - 780k]



• Health Status and the Retirement Decision Among the Early-Retirement-Age Population: Paper [PDF - 1.3k] | Presentation [PPT - 238k]



• Working Beyond Retirement-Age  



• Reasons People Do Not Work: 2004 (P70-111)  

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