Underemployment rate, by race and ethnicity, 2000–2011

Note: Data are monthly and extend to December 2011. Shaded areas denote recessions.

Source: Authors' analysis of basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata

Documentation and methodology

Underlying data are basic monthly Current Population Survey microdata. As with other CPS microdata analyses presented in the book, race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race).