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Title: Work and Family: Jobs Held and Weeks Worked by Young Adults
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Work and Family: Jobs Held and Weeks Worked by Young Adults Report 827, Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Burea of Labor Statistics, August 1992. Also: http://www.bls.gov/nls/nlswk005.pdf Cohort(s): NLSY79 Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor Keyword(s): Employment; Gender Differences; Labor Force Participation; Racial Differences; Work Histories This issue of Work and Family examines the employment histories of young persons. It draws upon data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth which provides a nearly complete work history on all jobs held and weeks worked over a 12-year period, 1978 to 1990. By age 29, a typical young worker has held 7.6 jobs and worked 434 weeks since age 18, an average of 36.2 weeks per year. There are significant differences in the number of jobs held and weeks worked by sex and race. |
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. Work and Family: Jobs Held and Weeks Worked by Young Adults. Report 827, Washington DC: U.S. Department of Labor, Burea of Labor Statistics, August 1992.. |