Bureau of Labor Statistics (2015). Current Population Survey: Marital and Family Labor Force Statistics: Employment-Population Rate | Country: USA | Seasonally Adjusted: Non-Seasonally Adjusted | Demographic Indicator: Employment-population ratio - Women with own children under 18, 2009-2013. Data-Planet™ Statistical Ready Reference by Conquest Systems, Inc. [Data-file]. Dataset-ID: 002-027-005.
Dataset: Reports estimates of the employment-population rate of the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older by marital status and presence and age of own children. Marital status is segmented as (1) married, spouse present, which refers to husbands and wives living together in the same household, even though one may be temporarily absent; and (2) persons who are never-married; married, spouse absent (eg, for employment); separated; widowed; or divorced. Data on children refer to own children under age 18 that live in the household. Included are sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children of the husband, wife, or person maintaining the family. The employment-population rate represents the proportion of the population that is employed.
The Current Population Survey is a monthly survey of the civilian noninstitutional population ages 16 and older conducted with a probability sample of 60,000 households in the United States by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Results provide a comprehensive body of information on the employment and unemployment experience of the nation's population, classified by age, sex, race, and other characteristics. Presented here are Marital and Family Labor Force Statistics obtained via the CPS, which provide a view of the employment status of the civilian noninstitutional labor force by marital status and presence and age of own children. Data are collected by personal and telephone interviews. The survey reference period is the calendar week (Sunday through Saturday) that includes the 12th day of the month; the actual survey is conducted during the following week, ie, the week containing the 19th day of the month. Basic labor force data are gathered monthly; data on special topics are gathered in periodic supplements. Persons less than 16 years of age are excluded from the official estimates because child labor laws, compulsory school attendance, and general social custom in the US severely limit the types and amount of work that children under age 16 can do. (Prior to 1948, the sampled populat...