The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. For more than 4 decades, NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers.
June 27, 2008
The average person born in the later years of the baby boom
held 10.8 jobs from ages 18 to 42, with most of these jobs
held from ages 18 to 27. Although job duration tends to be
longer the older a worker is when starting the job, they
continued to have large numbers of short-duration jobs as
they approached middle age.
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Average number of jobs started by individuals from age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by age and sex (PDF 5K)
Distribution of number of jobs held by individuals from age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by educational attainment, sex, race, Hispanic ethnicity, and age (PDF 5K)
Number of unemployment spells experienced by individuals from age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by age, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity (PDF 5K)
Number of unemployment spells experienced by individuals from age 18 to age 42 in 1978-2006 by educational attainment, sex, race, and Hispanic ethnicity (PDF 5K)
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