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Table 2b. 2012 labor force participation and employment intensity of 2002 high school sophomores with Bachelor's Degree or Higher as of 2012, by parents' 2002 socioeconomic status

  Parents' SES
Current employment status Low Middle High
Unemployed 8.4 4.7 4.9
Out-of-the-labor force 4.8 4.1 7.4
Working 0-34 hours/week 10.8 11.1 10.5
Working 35+ hours/week 76.0 80.1 77.2
SOURCE: Education Longitudinal Study of 2002 (ELS:2002) Third Follow-up Restricted-use File.