Before the change, the bureau counted 1.1 million discouraged workers.

By the end of 1982 there were 1.8 million such discouraged workers.

Housing costs, among the highest in the nation, have also discouraged potential workers from moving here.

The high cost of housing discourages trained workers from moving to the region.

Union officials maintain that financial considerations should not discourage workers from seeking the best possible medical care.

There is an ongoing debate as to whether discouraged workers should be included in the official unemployment rate.

That has discouraged not just individual workers, but also labor unions from asking for the benefit, the advocates say.

There were 689,000 discouraged workers in 1973 and 951,000 today.

She said the department's failure to act was discouraging other immigrant workers from reporting abusive conditions.

The distrust generated is almost certain to discourage younger workers from joining the system, officials say.