Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 56, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, "National Longitudinal Study" First Followup study, "High School and Beyond" Second Followup Survey, and "National Education Longitudinal Study," Second and Third Followup surveys.
Young workers who were not enrolled in college expressed mixed feelings about their jobs. Graduates from the class of 1992 appeared only slightly more satisfied with their job's pay and opportunity for promotion than high school dropouts. Large proportions were dissatisfied with these aspects of their jobs. For example, 35 percent of the graduates and 42 percent of the dropouts were dissatisfied with their job's opportunity for promotion. Male and female graduates generally had similar attitudes about their jobs, except females were slightly more likely to express dissatisfaction with the job's pay and opportunity and more likely to express satisfaction with the job's working conditions.
