Employment Prospects: Diploma Beats Dropout
Posted on: Sunday, 20 July 2008, 03:00 CDT
By Anonymous
Most people know that when it comes to employment, opportunities are better for high school graduates than for high school dropouts. But if you're still skeptical, just take a look at data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). BLS data show that finishing high school led to greater rates of employment for youths who were 20 years old in 2000-05. Fifty-five percent of 20-year-old high school dropouts were employed, compared with 71 percent of high school graduates who had never enrolled in college.
More education also led to steadier work. High school graduates not enrolled in college were employed, on average, 78 percent of the year; in contrast, high school dropouts were employed 55 percent of the year.
These results are from the BLS National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997, an annual survey of about 9,000 young people who were first interviewed in 1997.
For more information about this survey, write to the BLS National Longitudinal Survey Program, 2 Massachusetts Avenue NE., Suite 4945, Washington, DC 20212; call (202) 691-6378; or view the report online at www.bls.gov/nls/nlsy97.htm.
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Source: Occupational Outlook Quarterly
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