Table 7. Duration of longest job held with a single employer from the time a person left high school to age 21 by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
Table 7. Duration of longest job held with a single employer from the time a person left high school to age 21 by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity Duration of longest job held Characteristic No job 1 year or More than 1 2 years less year but less or more than 2 years Total, never enrolled in college..... 6.3 45.1 32.6 16.0 Less than a high school diploma.... 7.7 51.4 29.3 11.6 High school graduates, no college.. 5.7 42.1 34.1 18.1 Men ................................. 5.6 44.8 33.4 16.1 Less than a high school diploma.... 6.2 51.2 30.1 12.4 High school graduates, no college.. 5.3 41.9 34.9 17.8 Women ............................... 7.3 45.5 31.3 15.8 Less than a high school diploma.... 9.6 51.7 28.1 10.5 High school graduates, no college.. 6.2 42.5 32.9 18.4 White non-Hispanic................... 3.6 42.2 35.5 18.7 Less than a high school diploma.... 3.2 49.8 33.8 13.1 High school graduates, no college.. 3.8 39.0 36.2 21.0 Black non-Hispanic................... 14.0 53.4 23.9 8.7 Less than a high school diploma.... 20.6 53.7 18.8 7.0 High school graduates, no college.. 9.9 53.2 27.2 9.7 Hispanic or Latino................... 7.5 45.8 33.3 13.4 Less than a high school diploma.... 6.0 54.2 28.1 11.7 High school graduates, no college.. 8.2 41.4 36.1 14.3 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.
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