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I. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS

The purpose of this study is to provide the statistical information and analysis necessary for implementing an effective EEO program in the Department. First, the study evaluates comprehensively the underutilization of minorities and women. It then attempts to analyze the underutilization in order to identify and facilitate means of solution. The study investigates the factors potentially responsible for the underutilization of minorities and

women, and provides the data required for establishing goals and timetables.

In accordance with these goals, the statistical study is divided into two main parts. Presented first is an ex

amination of underutilization which contains three sections.

The first is a brief overview of the status of minorities

and women. The second section includes an analysis of underutilization, Department-wide, as well as in administrations and regions. The final section of the first part is a McKersie analysis which compares the position of blacks in the Department to their status in private industry. While the first part of the statistical analysis evaluates

the status of minorities and women, the second part attempts

to provide an understanding of their underutilization.

contains two sections.

It

The first examines the demographic

characteristics such as service, age, or education, which determine an employee's position in the Department, and considers the effect of these factors on underutilization.

The second section conducts a correlation study of the factors responsible for the status of minorities and women in the Department.

Presented last are the conclusions of the

statistical analysis.

Before proceeding with the statistical analysis it

is important to point out the following limitations inherent

in the research methods:

1. There is virtually no time-series analysis.

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Not all determinants of an employee's status are

considered.

The nonblack minorities are discussed as a group rather than individually.

4. The data are only as reliable as the personnel

records.

This study does not contain any time-series analysis

which would include such factors as rates of promotion and

turnover, or vacancy chains. The reason for this omission

is that historical data past 1970 is not available. How

ever,

sis.

the study does include some limited time-series analy

Second, while the analysis presented here attempted

to include the major determinants of an employee's position, it was not possible to consider all such factors. In addition to race, sex, and professional or nonprofessional status this study takes into account education, length of service, time-in-grade, age, geographic location, and organizational unit. Not included were such factors as occupation or personal ability.

The third limitation is that the nonblack minorities-

Spanish-surnamed Americans, American Indians, and Orientals-are discussed as a group rather than individually. The groups were combined because of time constraints.

The final limitation concerns the quality of the information used in the study. The analysis can be only as good as the data which it uses. All of the data used in this study except that on education came from the Department's automated personnel file. The educational data were

taken from individual employee's personnel folders.

The reliability of both these sources of data were checked.

They appeared generally correct although each contained

some mistakes.

While not accounting for all limitations, the Task

Force believes that this study overcomes enough of them to serve as a basis for making and implementing policy.

1/see p.

of the statistical appendix for more

information on the educational data.

A.

Examining underutilization

1.

Overview of the status of minorities and women

The status of minorities and women will be evaluated

in this study through an analysis of underutilization which focuses on the representation and distribution of employees

within the professional ranks.2/ But in order to gain a

more complete perspective of the status of minorities and women, it is useful to begin by looking at the whole picture of their employment pattern before beginning a specific analysis of underutilization.

This overview discloses a

large degree of racial and sexual imbalance.

An important factor affecting the status of blacks and women in the Department is their concentration in nonprofessional jobs. In aggregate, 65 percent of the Department's employees are in professional jobs, while this same proportion of blacks and 68 percent of women are nonprofessionals. The largest concentration of employees in nonprofessional jobs is found among black women, 80 percent of whom fall Nonblack minorities tend to be

into this classification.

2/This

This study focuses on the professional classification since this is the area in which most of the underutilization of these groups is found.

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