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Source: Youth Knowledge Development Report
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1. Borus, Michael E.
Crowley, Joan E.
Rumberger, Russell W.
Santos, Richard
Research on Youth Employment and Employability Development: Findings of the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Americans, 1979
Youth Knowledge Development Report 2,7. Washington DC: US GPO, 1980.
Also: Pathways to the Future - Preliminary Report: Youth and the Labor Market - 1979
Cohort(s): NLSY79
Publisher: U.S. Department of Labor
Keyword(s): Behavior; Dropouts; Educational Aspirations/Expectations; Employment; Fertility; Health/Health Status/SF-12 Scale; Job Search; Vocational Education; Work Attitudes

This report presents preliminary cross-tabular analyses of the 1979 NLSY data. A nationally representative sample of 12,693 youth age 14-22 were interviewed for the first time in that year. Topics covered include: descriptions of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the youth, their employment status, their work experience during the preceding year, participation in government employment and training programs, job search behavior, perceptions of barriers to employment, health status, attitudes and expectations, and schooling experience.
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Borus, Michael E., Joan E. Crowley, Russell W. Rumberger and Richard Santos. Research on Youth Employment and Employability Development: Findings of the National Longitudinal Survey of Young Americans, 1979. Youth Knowledge Development Report 2,7. Washington DC: US GPO, 1980..