Table 6. Percent of weeks employed or not employed between the October when ages 19 and 20 for youths not enrolled in school during October at ages 19 and 20 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 6. Percent of weeks employed or not employed between the October when ages 19 and 20 for youths not enrolled in school during October at ages 19 and 20 by high school graduation status, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity (Percent distribution) Percent of weeks between October when ages 19 and 20 High school graduation status Total Employed (1) Not during the October when age 20 Total 1 to 29 30 to 39 40 hours employed hours hours or more High school dropouts .............. 100.0 54.5 9.1 9.5 35.0 45.5 Men ............................. 100.0 60.2 7.3 9.5 42.5 39.8 Women ........................... 100.0 46.5 11.5 9.5 24.7 53.5 White, non-Hispanic ............. 100.0 60.3 10.1 10.7 38.8 39.7 Black, non-Hispanic ............. 100.0 38.8 8.5 7.1 22.0 61.2 Hispanic or Latino .............. 100.0 56.0 6.4 8.5 40.4 44.0 High school graduates, not enrolled in college (2) ....... 100.0 77.9 11.2 14.0 51.3 22.1 Men ............................. 100.0 81.7 8.6 11.8 59.6 18.3 Women ........................... 100.0 73.3 14.4 16.8 41.0 26.7 White, non-Hispanic ............. 100.0 81.7 10.6 14.6 55.0 18.3 Black, non-Hispanic ............. 100.0 64.2 12.4 11.7 38.7 35.8 Hispanic or Latino .............. 100.0 76.4 12.0 13.9 49.7 23.6 1 The employed category includes both civilian employment and enlistment in the Armed Forces. All weeks when enlisted in the Armed Forces are included in the "40 hours or more" category. 2 Respondents who have received a General Educational Development (GED) credential are counted as high school graduates. NOTE: The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 consists of young men and women who were ages 12 to 16 on December 31, 1996. 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. Some categories do not sum to the totals because employment status or work hours could not be determined for some respondents during some weeks.
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