The US Department of Labor (DOL) uses the JTPA Standardized Program Information Report (SPIR) compiled by Social Policy Research Associates to obtain information about individuals participating in programs under Title II-A, Section 204(d), Title II-C, and Title III of the Job Training Partnership Act. The JTPA provided job training services and vocational education programs for the economically disadvantaged, dislocated workers, and other individuals likely to face employment barriers.

The individuals covered by the PY 98 SPIR are those who terminated participation during program year 1998 (July 1, 1998 through June 30, 1999) and during the last quarter of PY 97 (April 1, 1998 to June 30, 1998), for a total of five quarters of data.

The SPIR data are divided into separate files for Title II-A, Section 204(d), Title II-C, and Title III participants. The data for each terminating individual include date of birth, gender, race/ethnicity, disability status, program participation, welfare receipt, education status, reading and math skills, labor force status, type and extent of training received, receipt of supportive services, attainment of skills, employment outcomes, and follow-up information. The follow-up information comes from a telephone survey conducted 13 weeks after completion of the program for the Title II-A, Section 204(d), and Title III participants.

Due to the 13 week lag, follow-up data are available only for the first four quarters of data, from April 1, 1998 to March 31, 1999. Each of the four individual level SPIR files contains 145 variables, and the number of observations varies from 17,087 to 314,536.

In addition to the individual level files, the data for each Title of participation have been aggregated to the service delivery area (SDA) and state levels. These four files vary in size with the largest file containing 211 variables and 669 observations.

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