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BLS: In 20% of American Families, No One Works
April 28, 2014 - 3:30 PM
(CNSNews.com) - In 20 percent of American families in 2013, according to
new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), not one
member of the family worked.
A family, as defined by the BLS, is a group of two or more people who
live together and who are related by birth, adoption or marriage. In
2013 there were 80,445,000 families in the United States and in
16,127,000 or 20 percent - no one had a job.
The BLS designates a person as employed if during the survey
reference week they (a) did any work at all as paid employees; (b)
worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; (c) or
worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a
member of the family.
Members of the 16,127,000 families in which no one held jobs could have
been either unemployed or not in the labor force. BLS designates a
person as unemployed if they did not have a job but were actively
seeking one. BLS designates someone as not in the labor force if they
did not have a job and were not actively seeking one. (An elderly
couple, in which both the husband and wife are retired, would count as a
family in which no one held a job.)
Of the 80,445,000 families in the United States in 2013, there were
7,685,000 or about 9.6 percent in which at least one family member
was unemployed.
The BLS has been tracking data on employment in families since 1995.
That year, the percent of families in which no one had a job was 18.8
percent. The percentage hit an all-time high of 20.2 percent in 2011. It
held steady at 20 percent in in 2012 and 2013.
The data on employment in families is based on Census Bureaus Current
Population Survey of the civilian noninstitutional population, which
includes people 16 and older, who are not on active duty in the military
or in an institution such as a prison, nursing home or mental hospital.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/bls-20-american-families-no-one-works
April 28, 2014 - 3:30 PM
(CNSNews.com) - In 20 percent of American families in 2013, according to
new data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), not one
member of the family worked.
A family, as defined by the BLS, is a group of two or more people who
live together and who are related by birth, adoption or marriage. In
2013 there were 80,445,000 families in the United States and in
16,127,000 or 20 percent - no one had a job.
The BLS designates a person as employed if during the survey
reference week they (a) did any work at all as paid employees; (b)
worked in their own business, profession, or on their own farm; (c) or
worked 15 hours or more as unpaid workers in an enterprise operated by a
member of the family.
Members of the 16,127,000 families in which no one held jobs could have
been either unemployed or not in the labor force. BLS designates a
person as unemployed if they did not have a job but were actively
seeking one. BLS designates someone as not in the labor force if they
did not have a job and were not actively seeking one. (An elderly
couple, in which both the husband and wife are retired, would count as a
family in which no one held a job.)
Of the 80,445,000 families in the United States in 2013, there were
7,685,000 or about 9.6 percent in which at least one family member
was unemployed.
The BLS has been tracking data on employment in families since 1995.
That year, the percent of families in which no one had a job was 18.8
percent. The percentage hit an all-time high of 20.2 percent in 2011. It
held steady at 20 percent in in 2012 and 2013.
The data on employment in families is based on Census Bureaus Current
Population Survey of the civilian noninstitutional population, which
includes people 16 and older, who are not on active duty in the military
or in an institution such as a prison, nursing home or mental hospital.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/ali-meyer/bls-20-american-families-no-one-works