[Jackson Brown]

Payrolls Lag As Companies Use Contractors
BY JED GRAHAM

INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY

For nearly a year, a debate has been brewing over which of the government's employment measures is wrong.

Monthly payroll figures, derived from a survey of 160,000 employers, show a net loss of 537,000 jobs the past two years. But the monthly survey of about 60,000 households shows the U.S. has added 2.4 million jobs in that span.

http://www.investors.com/editorial/general.asp?v=2/6

[shhrubbery!]

Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering what was meant by the household survey.