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Title: America's Young Adults at 29: Labor Market Activity, Education and Partner Status: Results from a Longitudinal Survey
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1. Bureau of Labor Statistics
America's Young Adults at 29: Labor Market Activity, Education and Partner Status: Results from a Longitudinal Survey
News Release, USDL-16-0700. Washington DC: US Department of Labor, April 8, 2016.
Also: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
Cohort(s): NLSY97
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Cohabitation; Educational Attainment; Labor Force Participation; Marital Status

Young adults born in the early 1980s held an average of 7.2 jobs from age 18 through age 28, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Individuals held more jobs at younger ages, and the number of jobs held declined as individuals aged. Young adults held an average of 3.9 jobs from ages 18 to 21 compared with 2.5 jobs from ages 25 to 28. From ages 18 to 28, women with more education held more jobs than women with less education. Regardless of education, men held a similar number of jobs.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. "America's Young Adults at 29: Labor Market Activity, Education and Partner Status: Results from a Longitudinal Survey." News Release, USDL-16-0700. Washington DC: US Department of Labor, April 8, 2016.