Current Population Survey
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The Current Population Survey is a monthly U.S. household survey conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides key labor force statistics such as unemployment and employment levels.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Current Population Survey canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11259711 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Current Population Survey Context triple: [Employment Situation report, dataSource, Current Population Survey]
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A.
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey is an ongoing nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that provides detailed annual demographic, social, economic, and housing data about the U.S. population.
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B.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal U.S. federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating essential economic data on labor market activity, prices, and productivity.
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C.
United States Census data
United States Census data is the official, regularly collected statistical information on the population, housing, and demographics of the United States, used for research, policy-making, and resource allocation.
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D.
National Crime Victimization Survey
The National Crime Victimization Survey is a large-scale, nationally representative survey that measures the frequency, characteristics, and impact of criminal victimization in the United States, including crimes not reported to police.
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E.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey is a large-scale, nationally representative U.S. survey that collects detailed data on healthcare use, costs, insurance coverage, and access to care for individuals and families.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Current Population Survey Target entity description: The Current Population Survey is a monthly U.S. household survey conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides key labor force statistics such as unemployment and employment levels.
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A.
American Community Survey
The American Community Survey is an ongoing nationwide survey conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau that provides detailed annual demographic, social, economic, and housing data about the U.S. population.
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B.
Bureau of Labor Statistics
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal U.S. federal agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and disseminating essential economic data on labor market activity, prices, and productivity.
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C.
United States Census data
United States Census data is the official, regularly collected statistical information on the population, housing, and demographics of the United States, used for research, policy-making, and resource allocation.
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D.
National Crime Victimization Survey
The National Crime Victimization Survey is a large-scale, nationally representative survey that measures the frequency, characteristics, and impact of criminal victimization in the United States, including crimes not reported to police.
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E.
Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
The Medical Expenditure Panel Survey is a large-scale, nationally representative U.S. survey that collects detailed data on healthcare use, costs, insurance coverage, and access to care for individuals and families.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
household survey
ⓘ
labor force survey ⓘ official statistics program ⓘ |
| accessURL |
https://www.bls.gov/cps/
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https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps.html ⓘ |
| administeredBy | field representatives of the Census Bureau ⓘ |
| ageRange | 16 years and over ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction | civilian noninstitutional population ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| dataCollectionMethod |
in-person interview
ⓘ
telephone interview ⓘ |
| dataFormat |
aggregate statistics
ⓘ
microdata ⓘ |
| frequency | monthly ⓘ |
| hasPart |
CPS ASEC
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
CPS Annual Social and Economic Supplement NERFINISHED ⓘ CPS basic monthly survey ⓘ CPS supplements ⓘ |
| inception | 1940s ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
demographic characteristics
ⓘ
earnings ⓘ employment ⓘ hours of work ⓘ labor force ⓘ unemployment ⓘ |
| operator |
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher |
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sampleSize | about 60,000 eligible households ⓘ |
| sponsor |
Bureau of Labor Statistics
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States Census Bureau NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1940 ⓘ |
| topic |
class of worker
ⓘ
employment-population ratio ⓘ industry of employment ⓘ labor force participation rate ⓘ labor statistics ⓘ multiple jobholding ⓘ occupation ⓘ unemployment rate ⓘ usual hours worked ⓘ usual weekly earnings ⓘ |
| usedFor |
employment statistics
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labor market research ⓘ official U.S. unemployment rate ⓘ policy analysis ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
multistage stratified sampling
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probability sampling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Current Population Survey Description of subject: The Current Population Survey is a monthly U.S. household survey conducted by the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics that provides key labor force statistics such as unemployment and employment levels.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.