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	EH.Net Encyclopedia: Economic History of Retirement in the United States
		Similarly, the labor force participation rate of men age 65 and over living in the South was higher than that of men living in the North in the early twentieth century.
		Despite the large difference in the labor force participation rates of farm and nonfarm residents, the actual gap in the retirement rates of farmers and nonfarmers was not that great.
		Lee (2002) finds that excluding the period 1900-1910 (a period of exceptional growth in the value of farm property), the labor force participation rate of older farmers was on average 9.3 percentage points higher than that of nonfarmers from 1880-1940.
	eh.net /encyclopedia/?article=short.retirement.history.us (4364 words)

	Trends in Participation rate: the role of school, retirement and discouragement (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The failure of the Canadian rate to match the US pattern appears to be another piece of evidence that weak labour demand in Canada is keeping the lid on both the participation rate and the unemployment rate.
		Equating the 1990s drop in the participation rate to hidden unemployment is always a headline grabber, which claims that over half a million would-be workers have abandoned the job market because of their belief that no suitable jobs are available.
		The assumption underlying this argument is simply the application of the 1989 participation rate to today’s working age population, attributing the shortfall between this "expected" estimate of the labour force and the actual estimate to discouragement.
	www.csls.ca /events/cea1998/part/partrate.asp (2720 words)

	Evolution of the female labour force participation rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Participation and employment rates will be analysed simultaneously to ascertain that the evolution of the participation rate does not merely reflect changes in the way Canadian women "classify" themselves in the labour market.
		The evolution of the labour force participation rate, represented by a solid line, and the employment rate, represented by a dotted line, for each cohort is shown in Figure 1 (age is indicated in each graph).
		A significant portion of the rise in the rates for the population as a whole therefore seems to be attributable to the increase in average education levels.
	www.csls.ca /events/cea1998/cohort.asp (4846 words)

	Digital History
		And back in the mid-nineteenth century, voter participation rates of more than 80 percent were common occurrences.
		A second point that emerges out of the study of American voting patterns is that as voter participation rates have dropped, class differences (and age differences) in voter turnout have increased.
		Voter participation began its long-term slide during the period between 1896 and 1930, a period when the Democratic party dominated the "Solid South" and the Republican party dominated the Northeast.
	www.digitalhistory.uh.edu /historyonline/con_voting.cfm (455 words)

	The Challenge of Achieving High Work Participation Rates in Welfare Programs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The participation rates for the five states with the largest TANF caseloads ranged from a low of 10 percent to a high of 56 percent, with only one of the five achieving a rate above 50 percent.
		Even though federal law defines which families are included in the work participation rate, there is considerable variation among the states in the proportion of their families included in the work participation calculation.
		Participation in all other activities was low, with substantial variation across the states in the mix of activities.
	www.brookings.edu /es/research/projects/wrb/publications/pb/pb31.htm (3417 words)

	ILO - International Programme on the Elimination of Child Labour: Field Publications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Increase in the participation rate as age shifts from 5-9 to 10-14 years is from 20.3 per cent to 51.5 per cent for males and 29.5 per cent to 65.9 per cent for female.
		Participation rate of female children increased by 36.4 percentage point compared to 31.2 percentage points for the male as the age shifts from 5-9 years to 10-14 years.
		Participation rate of male children decreases from 67.4 per cent to 31.5 per cent across smallest to the largest family size categories.
	www.ilo.org /public/english/standards/ipec/simpoc/nepal/report/sit/s_ch31.htm (3023 words)

	CHSAA participation rate up 4.83
		Overall, the CHSAA saw its athletic participation rate grow 4.83 percent from 106,404 participants in 1998-99 to 111,756 this past school year.
		The participation survey is conducted each year in conjunction with the National Federation of State High School Associations’ request for participation information from its members.
		The CHSAA had a return ratio of approximately 85 percent on the participation survey and then was able to project additional numbers on a class-by-class basis for the individual sports and activities.
	www.cortezjournal.com /archives/sports392.htm (620 words)

	Background Paper: CBO's Projections of the Labor Force
		Because their participation was considerably higher in 2003 than it had been 10 years earlier, the projection incorporates the expectation that as the women in that cohort age, their participation rate in 2013 at ages 60 to 64 will be higher than their counterparts' was in 2003.
		To project rates of participation for men who will be in the oldest subgroup--ages 50 to 54--in 2014, CBO compares the participation rate of men in that age group today with their rate 10 years earlier, when the same cohort was ages 40 to 44.
		Among 55- to 59-year-olds, the participation rate surged from 55.3 percent in 1990 to 65.5 percent in 2003; because that group is already predominantly from the baby-boom generation, CBO expects little further increase.
	www.cbo.gov /showdoc.cfm?index=5803&sequence=0 (5943 words)

	Secretary Paige Issues New Policy for Calculating Participation Rates Under No Child Left Behind (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The 95 percent participation rate was included in the law to ensure that all children are assessed.
		It is important to note that states already have significant authority in calculating participation rates: 1) states determine how large a subgroup must be to be considered separately for participation rate calculations and 2) make-up assessments count toward the school’s participation rate if a student is unable to take the scheduled assessment.
		If in the previous two years, the rates were 95 percent and 96 percent then the school may average these three years to meet the 95 percent participation rate requirement.
	www.ed.gov /news/pressreleases/2004/03/03292004.html (934 words)

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		Estimates of the overall Medicaid participation rate varied depending on whether Medicaid underreporting adjustments were used, the complexity of the eligibility simulation, and the universe of children examined.
		The participation rate among children whose eligibility was tied to welfare participation was higher than that for those whose eligibility was tied to poverty related expansions.
		Comparing Medicaid participation rates among the cash and non-cash eligibility groups is problematic using the CPS because the Census Bureau assigns Medicaid to children in all families that receive AFDC and in most families that receive SSI.
	aspe.hhs.gov /health/uninchil/chap4.htm (2182 words)

	Food Review: Food stamp participation rate down in urban areas but not in rural - Welfare Reform and Food Assistance
		The reduction in the participation rate was primarily in urban areas.
		We measure the participation rate as the annual average number of people receiving food stamp benefits divided by the annual average number of people who are eligible for food stamps.
		Between 1996 and 1998, the participation rate in urban areas dropped from 72 percent to 63 percent, while the participation rate increased slightly in rural areas from 71 percent in 1996 to 73 percent in 1998, higher than in urban areas (fig.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3765/is_1_24/ai_80517253 (1476 words)

	III-Work Participation Rates
		Work participation rates measure the degree to which parents in TANF families are engaged in work activities that lead to self-sufficiency.
		In FY 2002, the all-family nominal minimum participation rate requirement was 50 percent for single-parent families, and 90 percent for two-parent families.
		The two-parent national average participation rate fell to 49.4 percent in FY 2002 from 51.1 percent in FY 2001.
	www.acf.dhhs.gov /programs/ofa/annualreport6/chapter03/chap03.htm (1296 words)

	Wyoming's Labor Force Participation Rate: What does it imply about Labor Supply in the State?
		The labor force participation rate is defined as the percentage of the civilian noninstitutional population age 16 and over that is in the labor force.
		While a high participation rate is generally seen as a sign of a healthy economy, in conjunction with a low unemployment rate, it also suggests a tight labor market.
		Thus, Wyoming’s high labor force participation rate appears to be associated with factors that make the state similar to neighboring states, but different from many other states and the nation as a whole.
	wydoe.state.wy.us /lmi/0899/a1.htm (1553 words)

	Opting Out of Work: What's Behind the Decline in Labor Force Participation? - Southwest Economy, Nov/Dec 2005 - FRB ...
		To illustrate this point, the total change is decomposed into two parts: (1) the difference in labor force participation that is due to an increase or decrease in the group’s share of the adult population, and (2) the difference due to a change in the group’s propensity to participate in the labor force.
		Table 2 therefore suggests that participation rates are pro-cyclical—positively correlated with economic output—and that the strongest correlation for males and females is between GDP today and participation two and three quarters from today.
		Annual labor force participation rates by education are for the adult civilian noninstitutionalized population ages 25 to 64.
	www.dallasfed.org /research/swe/2005/swe0506a.html (4368 words)

	AusStats : Labour Force Participation Rate in Queensland (1985-2002)
		The labour force participation rate is, for any group, the labour force expressed as a percentage of the civilian population aged 15 and over in the same group.
		Since 1985, female participation rates increased in most age-groups, particularly for the age-groups 45-54 (from 49% to 74%) and 55-59 years (from 24% to 51%), indicating a significant change in life-experience for women.
		In June 2002, the participation rate for women was highest in the 20-24 year age-group, at 76.3%, and higher than 70% for all age-groups until the 55-59 age group.
	abs.gov.au /AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/39E16C8D5545A7C0CA256CC500211FD0 (325 words)

	IM-2003-2 Work Participation
		The two-parent participation rate standard is reduced, at State option, by either (1) the number of percentage points the two-parent caseload declined or (2) the number of percentage points the overall caseload declined.
		This represents a 2.9 percent decline from the 34.4 percent work participation rate attained in FY 2001.
		All States, except Guam, received a reduction in their minimum participation rates for the all families rate and all States with a two-parent TANF program, except Guam, received reductions in their minimum participation rates for the two-parent families rate as a result of the application of the caseload reduction credit.
	www.acf.dhhs.gov /programs/ofa/2002/im2003-2.htm (1066 words)

	IFAP - Default Rate Materials
		In addition, since a participation rate index appeal is a type of exceptional mitigating circumstances appeal, please refer to the “Exceptional Mitigating Circumstances Appeal” section beginning on page 221 for additional information that applies to all exceptional mitigating circumstances appeals, including the participation rate index appeal.
		Yes, the school must base the participation rate index appeal on a 12-month period that has ended during the six months immediately preceding the fiscal year for which the cohort of students used to calculate the school’s cohort default rate is determined.
		To be included in the numerator of the participation rate index, the borrower must first be included in the denominator of the participation rate index calculation.
	www.ifap.ed.gov /drmaterials/doc0108_bodyoftext.htm (2802 words)

	EMPLOYMENT-POPULATION RATIO AND THE PARTICIPATION RATE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Two alternative measures of labour force activity (in addition to the unemployment rate) are the labour force participation rate and the employment population ratio.
		A high participation rate means that a large proportion of the working age population is either employed or actively looking for work.
		The employment-population ratio and the participation rate focus on the fraction of the working-age population which is employed, and in the labour force respectively, while the unemployment rate measures the part of the labour force which is unemployed.
	www.gnb.ca /0347/1e9.htm (205 words)

	Economist's View: Cyclical and Long-Term Labor Force Participation Rate Changes by Gender, Age, and Education
		The total change is decomposed into two parts: (1) the difference in labor force participation that is due to an increase or decrease in the group’s share of the adult population, and (2) the difference due to a change in the group’s propensity to participate in the labor force.
		suggests that participation rates are pro-cyclical—positively correlated with economic output—and that the strongest correlation for males and females is between GDP today and participation two and three quarters from today...
		One concern with falling participation rates is that the trend may reflect reduced job market opportunity for vulnerable workers, such as those with lower education levels and hence, lower incomes and less wealth.
	economistsview.typepad.com /economistsview/2005/12/cyclical_and_lo.html (1644 words)

	EMIRE: SPAIN - PARTICIPATION RATE/ACTIVITY RATE
		The rate has increased in recent years; it is higher for men than for women, though there has been a greater increase for women than for men; and it is concentrated in the 20-54 age group, followed by the 16-19 age group and then the over-55 age group.
		A supplementary concept is the employment rate, which is the number of people actually working or employed as a proportion of the economically active population.
		The unemployment rate is the number of people who are unemployed as a proportion of the economically active population.
	www.eurofound.eu.int /emire/SPAIN/PARTICIPATIONRATEACTIVITYRATE-ES.html (208 words)

	Everyone's Illusion: Participation Rate
		PGL at the Angry Bear is commenting on the Labor Force Participation rate and, more specifically, how is it significantly lower then it was in the late 1990s.
		The falling labor force participation rate, in and of it self, is not necessarily a bad thing.
		The lower labor force participation rate might be enjoyed by a parent who can stay home with their child because productivity gains in their partner’s legal profession have enabled a higher salary, while bemoaned by a factory worker who can no longer find a job that matches their skill set.
	www.everyonesillusion.com /archives/2005/09/participation_r.htm (540 words)

	Employment Situation Summary
		The jobless rates for teenagers (15.2 per- cent) and fls (9.3 percent) declined over the month; the rate for fl teenagers had an unusual large decline and fell to 24.4 percent.
		The unem- ployment rate for Asians was 3.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted.
		The unemploy- ment rate for persons identified as evacuees was 12.4 percent; it was much higher for evacuees who had not returned home (20.7 percent) than for those who had returned (5.6 percent).
	www.bls.gov /news.release/empsit.nr0.htm (2651 words)

	NAEP -- Participation Rate Requirements
		The National Center for Education Statistics and the National Assessment Governing Board have established participation rate standards that states and jurisdictions are required to meet in order to have their results published.
		The weighted participation rate for the initial school sample must be greater than or equal to 85 percent for results to be published.
		An additional standard has also been established that requires annotation of published results for states and jurisdictions whose sample participation rates, among one or more particular kinds of schools, are low enough to raise concerns about their representativeness.
	nces.ed.gov /Nationsreportcard/about/participrates.asp (227 words)

	PROFILE OF SELECTED INDICATORS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the General Engineering occupation, the participation rate for women was 11.42%, for Blacks was 2.91%, for Hispanics was 5.30%, for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 6.49%, and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.74%.
		In the Electronics Engineering occupation, the participation rate for women was 8.36%, for Blacks was 4.64%, for Hispanics was 4.48%, for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 11.50%, and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 0.93%.
		In the Management/Program Analyst occupation, the participation rate for women was 57.15%, for Blacks was 10.49%, for Hispanics was 5.01%, for Asians/Pacific Islanders was 1.60%, and for American Indians/Alaskan Natives was 1.28%.
	www.eeoc.gov /federal/fsp2001/agencies/airforcenar.html (368 words)

	Evolution of the Female Labour Force Participation Rate in Canada, 1976-1994: a Cohort Analysis
		They decompose a cohort’s participation rate into three effects: a macroeconomic effect common across cohorts linked to factors such as recessions and employment insurance generosity; an age or life-cycle effect; and a cohort-specific effect which shows the differences between cohorts for a given age and macroeconomic effect.
		The authors conclude that there is still room for a 2-3 percentage point increase in the participation rate of women 25-64, but the magnitude of the increases of the 1970s and 1980s is not possible as the cohort effects that prevailed then no longer exist.
		They also note that the much smaller increase in the female participation rate in the United States in the 1990s relative to the 1970s and 1980s despite the robust U.S. labour market supports their findings as the cohort effects were also levelling out south of the border.
	ideas.repec.org /h/sls/lfpcbe/05.html (782 words)

	Angry Bear (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		A few Angrybear readers noted that the largest decline in labor force participation rates was for teenagers.
		This data indicates two important things: (1) while the labor force participation rate did fall dramatically among those under 25, it actually rose for those 55 and over; and (2) labor force participation is rather low for the 55 and over group.
		For the 55-64 year old group, labor force participation was 59.2% as of Dec. 2000 and 62.9% as of March 2005.
	angrybear.blogspot.com /2005/05/does-early-retirement-explain-decline.html (338 words)

	Participation Rate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Yield: a 4% city-wide signup rate in just 4 weeks, (1% is considered a good return for blind mailings)
		Yield: a 19% signup rate in 2 weeks.
		Participation is very likely to rise further once the system is demonstrated and marketed.
	www.labs.agilent.com /Ken_Poulton/ftth/slides8a/sld025.htm (65 words)

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