Displacement in Appalachia and the Non-Appalachian United States, 1993-2003: Findings Based on Five Displaced Worker Surveys

December 2005
Herzenberg, Stephan, Mark Price, and Howard Wial
Keystone Research Center

This report looks at worker displacement in the Appalachian Region during the past decade. It uses the Displaced Worker Survey (DWS) conducted every two years by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) as a supplement to the Current Population Survey (CPS). It relies on the past five DWS surveys, conducted in 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, and 2004. Each DWS asks workers about displacement experience in the previous three years. Therefore, the research in this report covers the experience of workers displaced during the periods 1993-1995, 1995-1997, 1997-1999, 1999-2001, and 2001-2003.

Full Report in PDF (1.5 MB)

Report Contents

Table 1: Three-Year Displacement Rates, by Worker Characteristics, Appalachia (PDF: 719 KB)

Table 2: Three-Year Displacement Rates, by Worker Characteristics, Non-Appalachian U.S. (PDF: 717 KB)

Table 3: Demographic Characteristics of Displaced Workers, Appalachia (PDF: 716 KB)

Table 4: Demographic Characteristics of Displaced Workders, Non-Appalachian U.S. (PDF: 717 KB)

Table 5: Other Characteristics of Displaced Workers, Appalachia (PDF: 736 KB)

Table 6: Other Characteristics of Displacement, Non-Appalachian U.S. (PDF: 736 KB)

Table 7: Economic Situation of Displaced Full-time Workers as of Survey Date (PDF: 711 KB)

Table 8: Displacement Rates, by Worker Characteristics, Rural and Metropolitan Appalachia and Non-Appalachian U.S., 1993-2003 (PDF: 707 KB)

Table 9: Displacement in Appalachia by State (Appalachian portion only), 1993 - 2003 (PDF: 706 KB)

Table 10: Economic Situation of Displaced Workers, as of Survey Date (Percent of all Displaced Full-Time Workers in Same Category) by State (Appalachian portion only) (PDF: 713 KB)