Friday, February 24, 2006
Tweet[IWS] BLS: America's Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 [24 February 2006]
IWS Documented News Service
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
America's Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 [24 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
At age 18, notable differences in the school enrollment status of men and
women are apparent. Eighteen-year-old men were less likely to be enrolled
in college than 18-year-old women and were more likely to either have dropped
out of high school or still be enrolled in high school. Moreover, men who
were enrolled in high school during the October when they were age 17 were
more likely than their female counterparts to have dropped out by the follow-
ing October.
These findings are from the first seven annual rounds of the National Long-
itudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which is sponsored by the Bureau of labor Stat-
istics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey includes a nationally repre-
sentative sample of about 9,000 young men and women who were born during the
years 1980 to 1984. These respondents were ages 12 to 17 when first interviewed
in 1997, and ages 19 to 24 when interviewed for a seventh time in 2003-04. The
survey provides information on the employment experiences, schooling, family
background, social behavior, and other characteristics of these youths.
This release focuses on the school enrollment and employment experiences
of these youths from the October when they were age 17 to the October when
they were age 18. Respondents were age 17 in October during the years 1997
to 2002 and age 18 in October from 1998 to 2003. Highlights from the
longitudinal survey include:
-- By the October when age 18, a little over half of men had graduated
from high school, compared with more than three-fifths of women.
-- Nearly 7 percent of 18-year-old male high school graduates who had not
enrolled in college had enlisted in the Armed Forces, compared with 2
percent of women.
-- Youths who dropped out of high school between ages 17 and 18 were employed
fewer than half of the weeks between the October when they were age 17
and the following October. By comparison, high school graduates who did
not enroll in college were employed more than three-fifths of those week.
-- Employed youths who were enrolled in school at age 17 but were not enrolled
one year later had much greater job mobility than those who were also
enrolled at age 18. Among working 18-year-old youths, one-third of high
school dropouts and 38 percent of high school graduates not enrolled in
college worked for the same employer as they had a year earlier. By com-
parison, 55 percent of those still in high school and 45 percent of those
in college had the same employer as in the previous October.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky *
Director, IWS News Bureau *
Institute for Workplace Studies *
Cornell/ILR School *
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor *
New York, NY 10016 *
*
Telephone: (607) 255-2703 *
Fax: (607) 255-9641 *
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu *
****************************************
_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies
School of Industrial & Labor Relations
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor
New York, NY 10016
________________________________________________________________________
America's Youth at 18: School Enrollment and Employment Transitions Between Ages 17 and 18 [24 February 2006]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
[full-text, 10 pages]
At age 18, notable differences in the school enrollment status of men and
women are apparent. Eighteen-year-old men were less likely to be enrolled
in college than 18-year-old women and were more likely to either have dropped
out of high school or still be enrolled in high school. Moreover, men who
were enrolled in high school during the October when they were age 17 were
more likely than their female counterparts to have dropped out by the follow-
ing October.
These findings are from the first seven annual rounds of the National Long-
itudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which is sponsored by the Bureau of labor Stat-
istics of the U.S. Department of Labor. The survey includes a nationally repre-
sentative sample of about 9,000 young men and women who were born during the
years 1980 to 1984. These respondents were ages 12 to 17 when first interviewed
in 1997, and ages 19 to 24 when interviewed for a seventh time in 2003-04. The
survey provides information on the employment experiences, schooling, family
background, social behavior, and other characteristics of these youths.
This release focuses on the school enrollment and employment experiences
of these youths from the October when they were age 17 to the October when
they were age 18. Respondents were age 17 in October during the years 1997
to 2002 and age 18 in October from 1998 to 2003. Highlights from the
longitudinal survey include:
-- By the October when age 18, a little over half of men had graduated
from high school, compared with more than three-fifths of women.
-- Nearly 7 percent of 18-year-old male high school graduates who had not
enrolled in college had enlisted in the Armed Forces, compared with 2
percent of women.
-- Youths who dropped out of high school between ages 17 and 18 were employed
fewer than half of the weeks between the October when they were age 17
and the following October. By comparison, high school graduates who did
not enroll in college were employed more than three-fifths of those week.
-- Employed youths who were enrolled in school at age 17 but were not enrolled
one year later had much greater job mobility than those who were also
enrolled at age 18. Among working 18-year-old youths, one-third of high
school dropouts and 38 percent of high school graduates not enrolled in
college worked for the same employer as they had a year earlier. By com-
parison, 55 percent of those still in high school and 45 percent of those
in college had the same employer as in the previous October.
AND MUCH MORE...including TABLES....
_____________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
****************************************
# posted by SBasefsky : 3:00 PM
