October 10, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
About one in ten 16-year-old students working more than half-time
In 1997, about one in ten 16-year-old students worked for pay more than 20 hours per week, according to data from the National Longitudinal Surveys.
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White students tended to be more likely to work over 20 hours per week
than black or Hispanic students. In 1997, 12.3 percent of white
school-enrolled 16-year-olds worked 21 or more hours. This compares with
6.2 percent of black 16-year-olds and 8.0 percent of Hispanic
16-year-olds.
Overall, 10.5 percent of 16-year-old students worked 21 or more hours
per week, while 61.6 percent reported no hours worked at all.
Data on the employment experience and other characteristics of youths
are a product of the National Longitudinal Surveys
program. Additional information is available from "Youth
employment during school: results from two longitudinal surveys,"
by Donna S. Rothstein, Monthly Labor Review, August 2001.
Of interest
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