Current Population Survey

Fronstin, P. (2002). Sources of Health Insurance and Characteristics of the Uninsured Analysis of the March 2002 Current Population Survey. Washington, D.C. EBRI, p. 30. 

Source. USDOL, BLS, Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey [Online]... 

The data are taken from the combined Young Men s and Young Women s National Longitudinal Survey (N = 5,174), The Panel Study of Income Elynamics (N = 4,452), the Current Population Survey, and the Quality of Employment Survey N = 1,380). 

The association between job tenure and accidents in the mining industry is also apparent in more recent studies. Groves et al. (2007) examined Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) and Current Population Survey (CPS) data for equipment-related injuries over the period 1995-2004. Of the 86,398 injuries examined, 28 % occurred to employees in their first year of job tenure, and of the 597 fatalities examined, 31 % occurred to employees in their first year of job tenure. Furthermore, for both injuries and fatahties, the percentages associated with the first year of tenure in a job were by far the greatest identified. At this point, it is important to note that the above studies are not focusing on people in their first job, rather the statistics relate to job tenure, not the participants overall employment tenure. 

The data for this study come from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses, and the 1994-95 Current Population Survey (which surveys roughly 400 airline workers, among others). The difference between the 1979 and 1989 wage premiums is statistically significant. However, that difference vanishes when control variables (education, experience, gender, race or ethnicity, marital status, veteran status, and region of residence) are taken into account. 

The Hendricks (1994) study uses cross-sectional data drawn from the March Current Population Survey (CPS) from 1968 to 1988, and the May CPS from 1973 to 1988. Rail wages are compared to wages of manufacturing production workers. Controls include age, education, marital status, veteran status, gender, race, occupation, weeks worked, hours per week, location, and union density. 

Barry Hirsch and David A. Macpherson (1998), Union Membership and Earnings Data Book, 1994 Compilations from the Current Population Survey, Washington, D.C., Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. 

Current Population Survey Initial receipt of WC benefits (1 = receipt, 0 otherwise)... 

Drug treatment programs across the United States that specialize in treating substance abusers under 18 years old were surveyed about their current population of patients. The survey found their clients use a variety of drugs, although alcohol, marijuana, and hallucinogens... 

First, we need to determine the location of current populations relative to the site with regard to distance and direction Then, we can attempt to identify those populations that are closest to the site and that have the greatest potential for exposure. Included are populations that could be exposed in the future to chemicals that have migrated from the site. Potential sources of this information include site visits, population surveys, topographic maps, and commercial and recreational fishing data. 

Cardiovascular Effects. There is currently considerable scientific debate as to whether there is a causal relationship between lead exposure and hypertension. Another area of controversy is whether African Americans are more susceptible to the cardiovascular effects of lead than are whites or Hispanics. The evidence from both occupational studies and large-scale general population studies (i.e., National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey [NHANES II], British Regional Heart Study [BRHS]) is not sufficient to conclude that such a causal relationship exists between PbB levels and increases in blood pressure. The database on lead-induced effects on cardiovascular function in humans will be discussed by presenting a summary of several representative occupational studies followed by a discussion of the findings from the large-scale general population studies. 

Many states in the U.S. are currently involved in large scale surveys to measure radon levels in homes in an attempt to assess the environmental risk from radon and radon daughter exposure. Radon daughters deliver the largest radiation exposure to the population and it is estimated that 0.01% of the U.S. population (23,000 persons) are exposed from natural sources to greater than those levels allowed occupationally (4 WLM/yr) (NCRP, 1984). 

General population exposure to mirex has been determined as a result of several monitoring studies (EPA 1986b Kutz et al. 1979 Stehr-Green 1989). Levels of mirex in most tissues are very low (at or near the detection limit). Examination of the 1982 National Adipose Tissue Survey failed to detect mirex in the adipose tissues of children less than 14 years old although mirex residues were detected in adults. People who live in areas where mirex was manufactured or used have higher levels in their tissues. Women who live in these areas were found to have detectable levels of mirex in their milk that could be passed on to their infants. Since mirex is no longer manufactured, occupational exposure currently is limited to workers at waste disposal sites or those involved in... 

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