Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Tweet[IWS] BLS: America's Youth at 19: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 18 and 19 Summary [27 March 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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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
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America's Youth at 19: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 18 and 19 Summary [27 March 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
[excerpt]
Nineteen-year-old men were more likely to have dropped out of high school
and less likely to be enrolled in college than 19-year-old women, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Women
who were high school graduates and not enrolled in college during the Octo-
ber when they were age 18 were more likely than their male counterparts to
be attending college the following October. Moreover, women enrolled in
college during October when they were age 18 were less likely than men to
have dropped out by the following October.
These findings are from the first eight annual rounds of the National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which is a nationally representative
survey 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 25 when interviewed for the eighth time in 2004-05.
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 18 to the October when
they were age 19. Respondents were age 18 in October during the years 1998
to 2003 and age 19 in October from 1999 to 2004. Highlights from the longi-
tudinal survey include:
--By the October when they were age 19, 76 percent of men had graduated
from high school, compared with 83 percent of women.
--Among those who had dropped out of high school by the October when they
were age 18, 11 percent had graduated from high school or earned a Gen-
eral Educational Development (GED) credential by the following October.
Another 5 percent still had not graduated from high school but were en-
rolled in a training or apprenticeship program, and 2 percent were reen-
rolled in high school.
--Nine percent of male high school graduates who had never enrolled in col-
lege were in the Armed Forces during the October when they were age 19,
as were 7 percent of 19-year-old men who had attended college but were no
longer enrolled.
--Forty-one percent of high school dropouts and 22 percent of high school
graduates not enrolled in college were neither employed nor in training
during the October when they were age 19.
--Nearly half of non-Hispanic black high school dropouts were not employed
in either the October when they were age 18 or the October when they were
age 19, compared with 22 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 30 percent of
Hispanics.
--High school graduates not enrolled in college were employed 75 percent of
the weeks between the October when they were age 18 and the following Oc-
tober. By comparison, youths who had dropped out of high school by the
October when they were age 18 were employed 55 percent of those weeks.
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
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_______________________________
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 19: School Enrollment, Training, and Employment Transitions between Ages 18 and 19 Summary [27 March 2007]
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm
or
http://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsyth.pdf
[full-text, 11 pages]
[excerpt]
Nineteen-year-old men were more likely to have dropped out of high school
and less likely to be enrolled in college than 19-year-old women, the Bureau
of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor reported today. Women
who were high school graduates and not enrolled in college during the Octo-
ber when they were age 18 were more likely than their male counterparts to
be attending college the following October. Moreover, women enrolled in
college during October when they were age 18 were less likely than men to
have dropped out by the following October.
These findings are from the first eight annual rounds of the National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, which is a nationally representative
survey 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 25 when interviewed for the eighth time in 2004-05.
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 18 to the October when
they were age 19. Respondents were age 18 in October during the years 1998
to 2003 and age 19 in October from 1999 to 2004. Highlights from the longi-
tudinal survey include:
--By the October when they were age 19, 76 percent of men had graduated
from high school, compared with 83 percent of women.
--Among those who had dropped out of high school by the October when they
were age 18, 11 percent had graduated from high school or earned a Gen-
eral Educational Development (GED) credential by the following October.
Another 5 percent still had not graduated from high school but were en-
rolled in a training or apprenticeship program, and 2 percent were reen-
rolled in high school.
--Nine percent of male high school graduates who had never enrolled in col-
lege were in the Armed Forces during the October when they were age 19,
as were 7 percent of 19-year-old men who had attended college but were no
longer enrolled.
--Forty-one percent of high school dropouts and 22 percent of high school
graduates not enrolled in college were neither employed nor in training
during the October when they were age 19.
--Nearly half of non-Hispanic black high school dropouts were not employed
in either the October when they were age 18 or the October when they were
age 19, compared with 22 percent of non-Hispanic whites and 30 percent of
Hispanics.
--High school graduates not enrolled in college were employed 75 percent of
the weeks between the October when they were age 18 and the following Oc-
tober. By comparison, youths who had dropped out of high school by the
October when they were age 18 were employed 55 percent of those weeks.
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
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