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Estimates for 2003 (Susan Chapman, Stephen Kaye, and Robert Newcomer)

In California there are an estimated 200,348 home and personal care workers (5.8 per 1,000 people). For each 1,000 people with self-care difficulty, there are an estimated 256.0 home and personal care workers.

Source: Center for Personal Assistance Services, tabulations of public use microdata from the 2003 American Community Survey.

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The American Community Survey provides estimates of demographic, housing, social, and economic characteristics for all states and is conducted using a survey of sample households throughout the U.S. Occupational data is collected using the occupational classification system developed for the 2000 census. This classification system includes 509 occupational categories in 23 major occupational groups. In contrast to the Occupational Employment Statistics Survey (OES) conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the ACS is particularly useful in estimating the number of personal care workers because it includes workers who are self-employed or unpaid family workers.

We used the major occupation grouping Personal Care and Service Organizations to estimate the number of personal care workers. Within that major grouping we selected workers in the in the categories of Personal and Home Care Aides and Personal Care and Service Workers. While these overall estimates of workers who provide personal assistance services may be lower than the actual number of individuals involved in this type of work, we believe that these data represent the best estimates we have on a national base that also allow state by state comparison.

Previous and current estimates:

• Number of workers with self-care difficulties, 2005
• Number of workers with self-care difficulties, 2004

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