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Female students more likely than male students to participate in labor force in October 2017 


May 02, 2018
In October 2017, 57.3 percent of 16- to 24-year-olds, or 21.8 million youth, were enrolled in high school (9.7 million) or in college (12.1 million). High school students continued to be less than half as likely as college students to participate in the labor force (22.8 percent, compared with 49.5 percent). In both high school and college, female students are more likely to participate in the labor force than male students. Full Text »
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