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Institutionalized population

Term · Economic statistics · MLC-T-ECS-000956

Institutional group quarters are facilities that house those who are primarily ineligible, unable, or unlikely to participate in the labor force while resident. The institutionalized population is the population residing in institutional group quarters such as adult correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, skilled-nursing facilities, and other institutional facilities such as mental (psychiatric) hospitals and in-patient hospice facilities.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ECS-000956
FieldEconomic statistics
ReferencesU.S. Census Bureau Glossary
See alsoGroup Quarters; Group quarters population; Noninstitutionalized population
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ECS-000956",
  "term": "Institutionalized population",
  "field": "Economic statistics",
  "definition": "Institutional group quarters are facilities that house those who are primarily ineligible, unable, or unlikely to participate in the labor force while resident. The institutionalized population is the population residing in institutional group quarters such as adult correctional facilities, juvenile facilities, skilled-nursing facilities, and other institutional facilities such as mental (psychiatric) hospitals and in-patient hospice facilities.",
  "see_also": [
    "Group Quarters",
    "Group quarters population",
    "Noninstitutionalized population"
  ],
  "references": [
    "U.S. Census Bureau Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/economic-statistics/institutionalized-population/"
}

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