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National Summary: Not-for-Profit
Employment from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing
(Independent
Sector, 1993)
The
1990 census for the first time included a question on whether an employee
worked for a nonprofit organization. Highlights of the report include:
(1) when compared to the business and government sectors, the nonprofit
sector provides better access to professional employment opportunities
for women and people of color; (2) the majority of the 7.7 million full-
and part-time employees in the nonprofit sector are female (65 percent)
compared with 53 percent of women in government and 44 percent in the
private sector; (3) more than half of nonprofit employees (51 percent)
are in professional and managerial jobs compared to 45 percent in government
and 19 percent in private business; (4) overall, women and people of color
are much more likely to serve in professional and managerial positions
in the nonprofit sector and government than in the for-profit sector;
and (5) while mean salaries in professional and managerial occupations
are lower for females, African Americans, and Hispanics compared with
males and whites in all three sectors, the gap is widest for these groups
in the for-profit sector. The more than 25 tables include a summary of
total and not-for-profit employment and their rankings by state, as well
as distribution of the employed population by significant demographic
characteristics, including gender, racial and ethnic background, age,
education, occupation and industry, and earnings. Softcover, 40 pages, $.50 (Nonmember), $5.95 (Member) (plus $2.50 shipping)
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