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Numbers refer to 15- to 17-year-olds, estimated from the March CPS for 1971-97. | | Percent of | Percent of workers working: | | | population working: | Number | | Sample | | Hazardous Excessive working | |Year size | At all Illegally | occupations hours Illegally illegally | | (1) | (2) (3) | (4) (5) (6) (7) | | | | | |1971-75 42,113 | 25.8% 1.3% | 2.6% 2.4% 4.9% 156,000 | |1976-80 42,197 | 27.7% 1.3% | 2.4% 2.6% 4.8% 169,000 | |1981-85 42,570 | 24.5% 1.0% | 2.1% 2.0% 4.0% 112,000 | | | | | |1986-90 35,312 | 26.0% 1.0% | 1.9% 2.1% 3.9% 112,000 | |1991-94 19,528 | 21.4% 0.7% | 1.6% 1.5% 3.0% 100,000 | |1995-97 16,698 | 24.3% 0.8% | 1.9% 1.4% 3.1% 114,000 |
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