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The National Longitudinal Surveys (NLS) are a set of surveys designed to gather information at multiple points in time on the labor market activities and other significant life events of several groups of men and women. NLS data have served as an important tool for economists, sociologists, and other researchers for more than 50 years. Learn about the different NLS cohorts.
08/31/2021
Persons born in the latter years of the baby boom (1957-64) held an average of 12.4
jobs from ages 18 to 54. Nearly half of these jobs were held from ages 18 to 24.
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05/05/2020
A longitudinal study of Americans born in the early 1980s reveals that individuals held an
average of 8.2 jobs from ages 18 through 32. Over half of these jobs were held between the
ages of 18 and 22. Individuals were employed for an average of 75 percent of weeks from ages
18 to 32.
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