Youth Indicators 1996 / Indicator 62, Chart 1
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment and Earnings (January issues); Hand book of Labor Statistics, Bulletin 2217. U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1956 and 1987; and Current Population Reports, Series P-50, nos. 31 and 72; and unpublished data. Council of Economic Advisers, Economic Report of the President, 1987.
The proportion of young men 20 to 24 years old in the labor force has remained relatively steady over the past 25 years. Young women's participation in the labor force grew significantly during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s. Between 1960 and 1985, the proportion of women 20 to 24 years old in the labor force rose from 46 percent to 72 percent, but there has been little change since then.
