The Relationship Between The 1990 Census and ... - Census Bureau

APPENDIX G. GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS
PAPER
The data shown in this report were developed from a sample of data collected in the 1990
Census. Therefore, most of the definitions refer to that census. The labor force definitions did not
change between 1990 and 2000.
Census
The Census Bureau takes a number of censuses. However, the term "Census" in this report refers
to the decennial censuses, particularly those done in 1990 and 2000.
Civilian Labor Force
The civilian labor force consists of people classified as employed and unemployed according to
the following criteria:
Employed - Employed people include all civilians 16 years and over who were either (a) "at
work"- those who did any work at all during the reference week as paid employees or in
their own business, profession, or farm, or who worked 15 hours or more as unpaid
workers on a family farm or in a family business; or (b) "with a job but not at work"those
who did not work during the reference week but had jobs or businesses from which
they were temporarily absent due to illness, bad weather, industrial dispute, vacation, or
other personal reasons. Excluded from the employed are people whose only activity
consisted of work around the house or volunteer work for religious, charitable, and
similar organizations.
Unemployed - People are classified as unemployed if they are civilians 16 years old and over
and (a) were neither "at work" nor "with a job but not at work" during the reference
week, (b) were looking for work during the last 4 weeks, and (c) were available to accept
a job. Also included as unemployed are people who did not work at all during the
reference week and were waiting to be called back to a job from which they had been laid
off.
Experienced Unemployed - Unemployed people who have worked at any time in the past are
classified as the "experienced unemployed." Census data are collected, however, only for
the experienced unemployed who had a job in the previous 5 years.
Experienced Civilian Labor Force (ECLF) - Includes the employed and experienced
unemployed. Data shown in this report reflect information about the employed and the
experienced unemployed who had a job in the 5 years prior to the census in which their
data were collected.
Class of Worker
The information on class of worker refers to the same job as the respondent's industry and
occupation. The definitions of the class of worker categories are as follows:
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