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Included are persons 16 years of age and older residing in the 50 States and the District of Columbia who are not inmates of institutions (for example, penal and mental facilities, homes for the aged), and who are not on active duty in the Armed Forces.
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The National Compensation Survey defines Civilian Workers as the sum of all Private Industry and State and Local government workers. Federal Government, Military and agricultural workers are excluded.
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A detailed grouping of weight groups. Classification groups are used to map weight groups to higher levels of aggregation called strata. Classification groups are represented by (1) six, eight, or ten digit Harmonized numbers, (2) composites of six, eight, or ten digit Harmonized numbers, (3) hybrid groupings specifically requested by industry analysts, or (4) services groupings developed by service analysts.
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A cohort in the USA Bureau of Labor Statistics' National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) program is a group of people, defined by age, that make up a particular study. For example, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79) cohort is made up of people born between January 1, 1957, and December 31, 1964.
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Method whereby representatives of employees (unions) and employers determine the conditions of employment through direct negotiation, normally resulting in a written contract setting forth the wages, hours, and other conditions to be observed for a stipulated period (e.g., 3 years). Term also applies to union-management dealings during the term of the agreement.
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When one nation's opportunity cost of producing an item is less than another nation's opportunity cost of producing that item. A good or service with which a nation has the largest absolute advantage (or smallest absolute disadvantage) is the item for which they have a comparative advantage.
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A term used to encompass the entire range of wages and benefits, both current and deferred, that workers receive out of their employment. In the Employment Cost Index compensation includes the employer's cost of wages and salaries, plus the cost of providing employee benefits (Also see Total Compensation).
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The distinction between complete and incomplete income reporters is based in general on whether the respondent provided values for major sources of income, such as wages and salaries, self-employment income, and Social Security income. Even complete income reporters may not have provided a full accounting of all income from all sources. In the current survey, across-the-board zero income reporting was designated as invalid, and the consumer unit was categorized as an incomplete reporter. In all tables, income data are for complete income reporters only.
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A structured system of microdata collection by telephone that speeds up the collection and editing of microdata and also permits the interviewer to "educate" the respondents on the importance of timely and accurate data.
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A consumer unit comprises either: (1) all members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who pool their income to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, at least two of the three major expense categories have to be provided by the respondent.
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Those workers who do not have an explicit or implicit contract for long-term employment.
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PPI data are commonly used in escalating purchase and sales contracts. These contracts typically specify dollar amounts to be paid at some point in the future. It is often desirable to include an escalation clause that accounts for changes in input prices. For example, a long-term contract for bread may be escalated for changes in wheat prices by applying the percent change in the PPI for wheat to the contracted price for bread.
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A Cost of Living Index measures differences in the price of goods and services, and allows for substitutions to other items as prices change. A Consumer Price Index measures a price change for a constant market basket of goods and services from one period to the next within the same city. The CPI is not a true cost of living index and should not be used for place to place comparisons.
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