Hurricane Katrina evacuees: who they are, where they are, and how they are faring (ABSTRACT), Monthly Labor Review Online, March 2008

Hurricane Katrina evacuees: who they are, where they are, and how they are faring

Jeffrey A. Groen
Research Economist, Division of Employment Research, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: groen.jeffrey@bls.gov

Anne E. Polivka
Research Economist, Division of Employment Research, Office of Employment and Unemployment Statistics, Bureau of Labor Statistics.
E-mail: polivka.anne@bls.gov

Questions added to the Current Population Survey from October 2005 to October 2006 addressed the issue of how Katrina evacuees have fared; blacks, young adults, and the never married were much less likely to return to their homes, and nonreturnees were more likely to be unemployed and to earn less than returnees.

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