Editing Current Population Survey (section)

==Methodology==
Approximately 60,000 households are eligible for the CPS. Sample households are selected by a multistage stratified [[statistical sampling]] scheme.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dsc.ucsf.edu/main.php?name=cps |title=UCSF – Disability Statistics Center – Current Population Survey (CPS) |publisher=Dsc.ucsf.edu |access-date=2013-10-12 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717102721/http://dsc.ucsf.edu/main.php?name=cps |archive-date=July 17, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref> A household is interviewed for 4 successive months, then not interviewed for 8 months, then returned to the sample for 4 months after that. An adult member of each household provides information for all members of the household.

As part of the demographic sample survey redesign,<ref>{{cite web|title=Census Bureau: Survey Sample Redesign|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/sites/default/files/omb/assets/OMB/expectmore/summary/10001178.2003.html|access-date=August 5, 2014|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[Office of Management and Budget]]|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the CPS is redesigned once a decade, after the decennial census. The most recent CPS sample redesign began in April 2014.<ref>{{cite web|title=Redesign of the Sample for the Current Population Survey|url=http://www.bls.gov/cps/sample_redesign_2014.pdf|website=bls.gov|access-date=August 5, 2014}}</ref>

Respondents are generally asked about their employment as of the week of the month that includes the 12th. To avoid holidays, this reference week is sometimes adjusted.  All respondents are asked about the same week.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/cps/definitions.htm#refweek|title = Concepts and Definitions (CPS)}}</ref>