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Young adult employment during the recent recession

Chart 4. Percentage of young women employed during the 80 weeks of December 2007 to June 2009
Week	Birth years 1982-1983, Dec 2007-June 2009	Birth years 1980-1981, Dec 2007-June 2009
1	77.7	78.0
2	77.5	78.5
3	77.1	78.7
4	76.5	77.6
5	77.2	77.9
6	77.7	77.9
7	78.1	77.8
8	77.9	77.8
9	78.7	78.6
10	78.7	78.3
11	78.8	78.4
12	78.6	78.5
13	78.9	78.4
14	78.4	78.1
15	78.5	78.8
16	78.8	78.5
17	78.4	78.4
18	78.1	78.3
19	77.5	78.1
20	77.8	78.1
21	77.5	77.7
22	78.6	78.7
23	78.2	78.4
24	77.9	78.8
25	77.0	78.5
26	76.7	78.9
27	76.2	78.9
28	76.0	78.4
29	76.6	78.3
30	76.0	77.5
31	76.5	78.1
32	76.6	78.3
33	76.1	78.5
34	76.3	78.6
35	76.9	78.2
36	76.1	77.9
37	76.6	78.3
38	76.4	77.8
39	76.6	77.7
40	76.3	78.2
41	75.9	78.0
42	76.7	77.7
43	76.2	77.9
44	77.1	78.1
45	76.8	77.6
46	76.9	77.5
47	76.9	77.5
48	77.5	77.7
49	77.4	76.9
50	77.2	77.1
51	77.1	76.8
52	76.9	76.9
53	77.2	77.4
54	77.2	76.7
55	76.9	76.6
56	75.5	75.2
57	76.1	75.4
58	75.6	75.3
59	75.1	74.7
60	75.4	74.7
61	75.1	74.2
62	75.1	74.1
63	75.0	74.1
64	74.9	73.8
65	75.0	74.4
66	75.3	74.3
67	75.5	74.5
68	75.2	74.3
69	75.3	74.2
70	75.6	73.8
71	75.3	74.0
72	75.6	74.5
73	75.2	74.0
74	75.3	74.3
75	74.9	73.7
76	75.0	73.3
77	74.1	73.0
78	73.8	73.3
79	73.9	73.6
80	73.6	73.4

These data featured in the Issues in Labor Statistics article, Young adult employment during the recent recession