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| | Sample | Percent engaging in: |
| | size | Any paid >18 hours in >40 hours in Hazardous Any illegal |
| | | work school week summer week occupation labor |
| Age | (1) | (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) |
| | | |
| CPS, March, 1981-88 | | |
| School year 14 | 20,950 | 9.9% 0.6% 0.1% 0.7% |
| 15 | 21,321 | 13.2% 1.4% 0.3% 1.6% |
| 16 | 21,630 | 23.9% 0.3% 0.3% |
| 17 | 21,975 | 36.5% 0.9% 0.9% |
| | | |
| NLS-Youth, 1979 | | |
| School year 14 | 944 | 19.7% 1.9% 0.8% 2.7% |
| 15 | 1,537 | 27.5% 5.2% 1.8% 6.5% |
| 16 | 1,537 | 26.2% 1.7% 1.7% |
| 17 | 1,470 | 26.6% 1.2% 1.2% |
| | | |
| NLS-Adolescent Health, 1994-95 | | |
| School year 12 | 466 | 30.6% 0.8% |
| 13 | 690 | 36.9% 4.0% |
| 14 | 859 | 35.4% 3.8% |
| 15 | 867 | 44.2% 12.2% |
| | | |
| Summer 12 | 466 | 49.6% 1.0% |
| 13 | 690 | 56.7% 2.9% |
| 14 | 859 | 55.6% 5.0% |
| 15 | 867 | 62.0% 3.9% |
Note: The CPS and NLS-Y employment figures refer to work in the prior week. The NLS-AD school year employment
figures denote any paid work outside the home in the prior four weeks where typical hours exceed zero,
and the summer employment figures denote any paid work in a typical summer week.
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