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Indicator 41. Employment of 16- and 17-Year-Old Students

Employment status of 16- and 17-year-olds enrolled in school, by sex and race: 1970 to 1991

_________________________________________________________________            |           Males         |          Females    Year    |_________________________|___________________________            |  Total  |White1/|Black1/|  Total  |White1/ |Black1/ ___________|_________|_______|_______|_________|________|________                               Percent employed2/  1970 ......     32.5    34.9    15.5      28.1     30.3     13.9 1975 ......     34.4    38.2    10.6      31.5     34.7     12.4 1980 ......     35.3    39.3    14.6      34.1     38.5     10.5 1985 ......     30.2    34.0    13.4      31.4     35.6     11.8 1986 ......     32.3    36.5    11.3      35.2     39.5     16.4 1987 ......     32.9    37.7    12.6      35.9     40.0     15.8 1988 ......     34.2    37.7    20.3      35.5     39.1     17.6 1989 ......     36.3    40.0    20.2      39.1     42.6     23.8 1990 ......     31.6    35.5    15.1      31.3     35.1     16.6 1991 ......     29.1    33.8    10.2      32.7     37.9     10.3                           Percent employed full time2/  1970 ......      2.1     2.3     1.0       1.0      1.1      1.6 1975 ......      2.8     3.1     1.0       1.6      1.7      1.4 1980 ......      2.0     2.1     1.7       0.8      0.8      0.6 1985 ......      1.3     1.5     0.4       0.9      1.1      0.2 1986 ......      1.6     1.7     1.6       0.9      0.9      0.6 1987 ......      2.2     2.1     0.6       1.9      1.0      1.2 1988 ......      2.1     2.3     0.8       1.6      1.8      1.0 1989 ......      2.5     2.9     1.2       1.2      1.2      0.8 1990 ......      2.1     2.3     0.0       1.1      1.3      0.4 1991 ......      0.9     1.1     0.0       1.1      1.3      0.6                           Percent employed part time2/  1970 ......     27.1    29.1    12.6      26.5     28.6     11.8 1975 ......     27.4    30.3     8.4      29.1     32.3      9.8 1980 ......     29.7    33.0    12.1      32.8     37.0      9.9 1985 ......     27.2    30.5    12.8      30.2     34.1     11.6 1986 ......     28.6    32.2     9.7      33.7     37.9     15.6 1987 ......     30.6    35.5    12.5      34.1     38.9     14.6 1988 ......     32.2    35.4    19.5      33.9     37.3     16.8 1989 ......     33.8    37.1    19.2      37.9     41.4     23.0 1990 ......     29.5    33.2    15.0      30.1     33.8     16.3 1991 ......     28.2    32.8    10.2      31.5     36.6      9.6                                Unemployment rate3/  1970 ......     16.5    15.1    33.3      16.0     14.9     32.1 1975 ......     17.4    16.9    25.7      19.2     17.9     36.1 1980 ......     19.8    17.4    43.3      16.8     15.3     39.6 1985 ......     20.8    18.7    41.2      19.0     15.6     50.8 1986 ......     18.0    15.7    44.3      16.3     13.7     40.1 1987 ......     18.5    15.9    38.0      18.1     15.6     42.6 1988 ......     18.0    15.4    35.0      14.0     12.9     25.1 1989 ......     16.7    15.1    27.0      10.7      9.3     22.5 1990 ......     16.8    15.4    31.8      16.0     13.9     34.0 1991 ......     21.0    18.5    40.7      18.6     15.4     50.0 _________________________________________________________________ 

NOTE: Part-time workers are persons who work less than 35 hours per week.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Special Labor Force Reports, nos. 16 and 68; and unpublished data.