The census figures are based on the Current Population Survey as of November 2012.

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The study used data from the Current Population Survey from 2003 to 2011.

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That's current population survey data from the March survey, which includes nativity.

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But let's look at the current population survey data on dropout rates.

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Every month the BLS takes two surveys relative to employment, the Household Survey (officially titled The Current Population Survey), and the Establishment Survey (The Current Employment Statistics Survey).

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August 2005 statistics in the Current Population Survey (CPS) put out by the U.S. Census Bureau indicate that the unemployment rate for U.S. Armed Forces veterans was 3.9%, with 3.4 million Gulf War-era veterans (post 1990) in the labor force whose jobless rate was 5.2%.

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