RE: [CTPP] Employment Status for the Popualtion Ages 14-18

My understanding is that the universe for labor force in the decennial census and ACS is defined as 16 or above. It used to be 14 or above, perhaps as recently as the 1970 Census. But I think since 1980 only those 16 and over have even been asked if they are working or seeking work. In terms of a more detailed age breakdown - it depends on the geographic detail you need. The ACS PUMS data would allow you to obtain labor force status by single years of age, but the geographic areas are PUMAs, which have minimum of 100,000 people in them. You can access the PUMS data via the ipums site at http://usa.ipums.org/usa/, which is run by the University of Minnesota. They have an on-line data analysis tool that may help with the necessary tabulations. Frank Frank Lenk Director of Research Services Mid-America Regional Council Kansas City, Missouri -----Original Message----- From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net [mailto:ctpp-news-bounces@chrispy.net] On Behalf Of Liang.Long.CTR(a)dot.gov Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 9:34 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net; ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: RE: [CTPP] Employment Status for the Popualtion Ages 14-18 Hi, Cliff You are right, the ACS only has labor force information for workers 16 years and older. Even the Longitudinal Employer-Household Dynamic (LEHD) only contains three age category (see below), which can't meet your needs neither. Number of jobs of workers age 29 or younger Number of jobs for workers age 30 to 54 Number of jobs for workers age 55 or older Liang Long Federal Highway Administration Room 74-440 1200 New Jersey, SE Washington, DC 20590 tel 202 366 6971 fax 202 493 2198 e-mail liang.long(a)dot.gov <mailto:liang.long@dot.gov> ________________________________ From: ctpp-news-bounces(a)chrispy.net on behalf of Cook, Cliff Sent: Mon 10/3/2011 10:14 AM To: ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net Subject: [CTPP] Employment Status for the Popualtion Ages 14-18 I've been asked whether the ACS, or another readily available data source, provides labor force status for persons 14-18. My understanding is that ACS does not include this data, that labor force information is only collected for the population 16 and older. Am I correct? All suggestions and comments would be helpful. Thanks Cliff Cook ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clifford Cook Planning Information Manager Cambridge Community Development Dept. 344 Broadway Cambridge, MA. 02139 617/349-4656 FAX 617/349-4669 TTY 617/349-4621 email => ccook(a)cambridgema.gov <mailto:ccook@cambridgema.gov> web site => http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/ <http://www.cambridgema.gov/cdd/> _______________________________________________ ctpp-news mailing list ctpp-news(a)chrispy.net http://www.chrispy.net/mailman/listinfo/ctpp-news