1990 CENSUS

                     EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

                               EEO FILE

The 1990 Census Equal Employment Opportunity EEO File is based on civilian 
labor force (defined as all civilians 16 years old and over who were employed and 
the unemployed actively seeking work) data from the 1990 decennial census.  
The file contains two sample based sets of tabulations.  The first set is
a cross-tabulation of a detailed census occupation distribution by sex, race, 
and Hispanic origin.  The second set shows educational attainment for selected 
age groupings, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin.

All tables in this file present data for the entire civilian labor force.  
Occupation data is available only for the "recent-experienced civilian labor 
force" (defined as persons employed in 1990 or unemployed having civilian 
work experience between 1985-1990).  All remaining persons in the civilian 
labor force are in the residual line "unemployed with no civilian work 
experience since 1985."  This line includes all persons who reported 
themselves as unemployed in 1990 and one of the following: (1) their last job
since 1985 was in the Armed Forces and they had a uniquely military occupation; 
or (2) they last worked in 1984 or earlier; or (3) they reported 
that they had never worked.

COMPARABILITY TO 1980 CENSUS DATA

This file is the 1990 counterpart to the 1980 Census/EEO Special File.  
Generally, the classification system used for the 1990 occupation data 
is the same as the one used in 1980, but there are some
differences, as follows:
     
New 1990 categories:
     017  Managers, food serving and lodging establishments
     021  Managers, service organizations, not elsewhere classified (n.e.c.)
     466  Family child care providers
     467  Early childhood teacher's assistants

Deleted 1980 categories (consolidated with others):
     349  Telegraphers (now part of 353, Communications equipment operators, n.e.c.)
     369  Samplers (now part of 368-372, Weighers, measurers, checkers and samplers)
     437  Short-order cooks (now part of 436, Cooks)
     673  Apparel and fabric patternmakers (now part of 674, Miscellaneous
            precision apparel and fabric workers
     794  Hand grinding and polishing occupations (now part of 795, Miscellaneous hand    
            working occupations)
     805  Truck drivers, light (now part of 804, Truck drivers)
     
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