Related BLS programs | Related articles
Self-employed workers:
an update to 1983
The number of Americans working for themselves continues to increase, reaching 9.1 million in 1983; they tend to be older than other workers, and although they work longer hours, their earnings are lower.
Read excerpt
Download full article in PDF
(443K)
Related BLS programs
Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
Related Monthly Labor Review articles
The role of self-employment in U.S. and Canadian job growth — Apr. 1999.
Characteristics of self-employed women in the United States.—Mar. 1994.
Within Monthly Labor Review Online:
Welcome | Current Issue | Index | Subscribe | Archives
Exit Monthly Labor Review Online:
BLS Home | Publications & Research Papers
