NATIONAL ARTS PUBLICATION DATABASE (NAPD)
Minorities and Women in the Arts: 1970

Author: Ellis, Diane C.

Publication Year: 1977

Media Type: Report

Summary:

This report is the second in a series that analyzes in considerable detail the data from the last national census. Some of the data being used has not been published before, except in the form of computer data tapes known as the Public Use Sample. In this report the participation of women and minorities in artist occupations in 1970 is compared with their overall participation in the labor force. Likewise, their earnings in each artist occupation in 1969 are compared with earnings for their counterparts in the same artist occupation. Also, patterns of residence and migration are discussed.

Abstract:

The tabulation and analysis of the data for the study was performed for the Research Division by Data Use and Access Laboratories. The report was written by Diane C. Ellis, under the general direction of James C. Beresford, President of Data Use and Access Laboratories. This report is the second in a series that analyzes in considerable detail the data from the last national census. Some of the data being used has not been published before, except in the form of computer data tapes known as the Public Use Sample. In this report the participation of women and minorities in artist occupations in 1970 is compared with their overall participation in the labor force. Likewise, their earnings in each artist occupation in 1969 are compared with earnings for their counterparts in the same artist occupation. Also, patterns of residence and migration are discussed. (p. 1)\

CONTENTS
Introduction.

Minorities in the arts:
     Population size.
     Earnings.
     Residence and migration.

Women in the arts:
     Population size.
     Earnings.
     Residence and migration.

Appendix.

Arts & Intersections:

Categories: Artists-Resources for

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Pages: 24

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PUBLISHER INFORMATION

Name: National Endowment for the Arts

Website URL: http://www.arts.gov