Below are sources of raw data used
to derive the disability-specific worklife expectancies found in The New
Worklife Expectancy Tables; also information explaining the calculation
of worklife expectancy
| Data Item |
Description |
| Life Tables |
Arias,
Elizabeth. National Vital Statistics Report, vol. 53 no. 6, United
States Life Tables, 2002. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health
Statistics, 2004.
A detailed listing of the life survivors
table by age is reproduced here (Appendix B from The New Worklife
Expectancy Tables).
The complete publication of the Life Tables is
available for download from the National
Center for Health Statistics. |
|
Current Population Survey - Participation
and Employment Rates
|
A detailed listing of the joint probabilities of
participation and employment for 1996 through 2005 (Appendix C from The
New Worklife Expectancy Tables: Revised 2006).
Probabilities of participation and employment for 1995
forward are also available on the
Census
Bureau website. Table 2 at this site lists PE rates through age
74.
Public use data from the CPS are also available on the
Census
Bureau website.
|
|
American Community Survey Employment Rates |
A detailed listing of the probabilities of employment for 2001 through 2004
(Appendix D from The New Worklife Expectancy Tables: Revised 2006).
Public use data from the ACS are also available on the
Census Bureau website.
|
|
Worklife
Expectancy Calculation |
Explains the calculation of worklife
expectancy, including the details behind the calculation of the
probability of life and PE rate averages for multiple years of data.
Included also is a description of the CPS and ACS variables used in the extraction of
data from the Census Bureau's Public Use Data Files. (Appendix A from The
New Worklife Expectancy Tables: Revised 2006).
|
|
LPE Calculation |
A compilation of data explaining the LPE method of calculating worklife
expectancy; an adaptation of Appendices A through D
from The New Worklife Expectancy Tables: Revised 2006 (included in their entirety
above) |
|
Worklife Expectancy Derivation |
Presentation slides on the derivation
of the 2002 version of The New Worklife Expectancy Tables, from a
July 24, 2002 seminar. |
