social assistance

noun

1. a former name for social security

Example Sentences

Is it any wonder the Golden State has been losing jobs in nearly every industry but healthcare and social assistance?

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Government, social assistance and healthcare are among the few industries adding jobs.

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Philadelphia Fed President Anna Paulson has said that nearly all net job growth this year has come from healthcare and social assistance.

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Services industry figures are for those defined by the Census Bureau and include: professional, scientific, management and administrative, educational, healthcare and social assistance, arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, food and other services.

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The unemployment rate rose to 4.3% in August from 4.1% in June, and nearly all net job growth this year has come from healthcare and social assistance.

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