The Youngest Workers: 14- and 15-Year-Olds.

Westcott, Diane N.

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The Youngest Workers: 14- and 15-Year-Olds.

Westcott, Diane N.

Monthly Labor Review, v104 n2 p65-69 Feb 1981

Despite child labor and school attendance laws, approximately 1.6 million young teens held jobs in 1979. The labor force participation rate of girls is fast approaching that of boys, although the latter are employed in more varied occupations. (LRA)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Employment Patterns, Employment Statistics, Females, Labor Force, Males, Sex Differences, Trend Analysis, Youth Employment

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