December 27, 2002 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.) Work experience in 2001A total of 150.3 million persons worked at some point during 2001, somewhat fewer than in the previous year. The proportion of the working age population that was employed at some point during the year was 69.3 percent, down from 70.4 percent in 2000. Among men, 76.1 percent worked at some point during 2001, down from 77.2 percent. Among women, the share experiencing employment fell to 63 percent in 2001 from 64 percent in 2000.
Among those with work experience during 2001, 75.6 percent were employed year round (either full or part time), down from 76.0 percent. The percentage of men employed year round fell to 78.6 percent in 2001 from 79.7 percent in 2000. Continuing a long-term growth trend, full-year employment among women increased to 72.3 percent from 71.8 percent in 2000. Happy 10th Birthday, TED!The very first issue of The Editor's Desk (TED) was posted on September 28, 1998. TED was the first online-only publication of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. For 10 years, BLS has been committed to posting a new TED article each business day, for a total of over 2,400 articles so far. |
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