Pathways to the Future: A Longitudinal Study of Young Americans. Preliminary Report on the 1981 Survey

摘要

This is a preliminary report based on the 1981 interview of the National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience of Youth, a nationally representative sample of 11,340 young men and women, ages 16 to 24. Topics examined include an overview of the characteristics of the civilian youth population; employment status of youth by sex, race, age and health status; the differences between males and females in growth in earnings between the first job and the job held in 1981; changes in government employment and training programs from FY 1979 to FY 1980; and the ways in which adolescents spend their time.