Table 2. Duration of employment relationships with a single employer for all jobs started from age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by age at start of job, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 2. Duration of employment relationships with a single employer for all jobs started from
age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by age at start of job, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Age at the start of Cumulative percent distribution of duration Percent
job and characteristic of completed employment relationships of jobs
Less than Less than Less than Less than Less than ongoing
1 year 2 years 5 years 10 years 15 years in 2006
Ages 18 to 22 .......... 72.3 85.2 94.1 97.1 98.0 1.3
Men .................. 72.6 85.2 93.7 97.0 97.8 1.3
Women ................ 72.0 85.1 94.6 97.3 98.2 1.2
White non-Hispanic ... 71.9 85.0 94.0 97.0 97.9 1.3
Black non-Hispanic ... 74.9 87.0 95.1 97.8 98.5 1.0
Hispanic or Latino ... 72.2 84.5 93.7 97.4 98.3 1.1
Ages 23 to 27 .......... 59.2 75.9 88.8 94.0 95.7 3.5
Men .................. 59.2 75.9 88.2 93.2 95.1 4.0
Women ................ 59.3 76.0 89.6 94.8 96.4 2.9
White non-Hispanic ... 58.3 75.1 88.4 93.7 95.5 3.7
Black non-Hispanic ... 62.7 79.4 90.9 95.2 96.5 2.9
Hispanic or Latino ... 61.4 78.0 89.6 94.2 96.2 3.2
Ages 28 to 32 .......... 52.5 69.7 85.5 91.6 93.6 6.2
Men .................. 52.1 69.1 84.8 90.9 93.0 6.9
Women ................ 53.1 70.4 86.2 92.4 94.3 5.4
White non-Hispanic ... 51.2 68.4 84.7 91.0 93.1 6.7
Black non-Hispanic ... 57.8 74.9 88.5 93.9 95.3 4.5
Hispanic or Latino ... 53.9 71.1 86.7 92.8 95.0 4.7
Ages 33 to 37 .......... 42.8 60.7 80.6 88.2 88.9 11.1
Men .................. 41.5 59.8 79.4 87.3 88.0 12.0
Women ................ 44.2 61.7 81.8 89.1 89.7 10.3
White non-Hispanic ... 41.2 59.2 79.6 87.6 88.3 11.7
Black non-Hispanic ... 47.5 66.3 84.3 90.6 91.1 8.9
Hispanic or Latino ... 45.9 62.7 81.9 89.0 89.9 10.1
Ages 38 to 42 .......... 30.5 46.6 65.1 (1) (1) 30.2
Men .................. 30.1 45.9 65.1 (1) (1) 30.2
Women ................ 30.9 47.4 65.1 (1) (1) 30.3
White non-Hispanic ... 29.4 45.1 63.1 (1) (1) 32.1
Black non-Hispanic ... 34.0 51.5 71.6 (1) (1) 23.6
Hispanic or Latino ... 34.1 51.0 71.6 (1) (1) 25.4
1 Estimates are not presented for these categories because most sample members were not yet
old enough at the time of the 2006-07 survey to have completed jobs of these durations.
NOTE: The age category of 18 to 22 excludes individuals who turned age 18 before January 1, 1978.
The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 consists of men and women who were born in the
years 1957-64 and were ages 14 to 22 when first interviewed in 1979. These individuals were ages
41 to 50 in 2006-07. Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually exclusive but not
exhaustive. Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, are not shown separately
because their representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently large to provide statistically
reliable estimates.
Last Modified Date: June 27, 2008
Bureau of Labor Statistics
