On Wed, Jul 22, 2009 at 02:58:16PM -0400, Doug Henwood wrote:
>
> That's not all that clear either. Here's the history on job tenure. Note
> that the median number of years on the job for men in 2008 was about a
> year below what it was in 1966, but that's offset by an increase for
> women, leaving the overall figure unchanged. Similiarly with the share of
> workers on the same job for 10 years or more - though those stats only
> begin in 1983.
>
> all men women
>
> median job tenure (years)
> 1951 3.4 3.9 2.2
> 1963 4.6 5.7 3.0
> 1966 4.2 5.2 2.8
> 1968 3.8 4.8 2.4
> 1973 3.9 4.6 2.8
> 1978 3.6 4.5 2.6
> 1981 3.2 4.0 2.5
> 1983 3.5 4.1 3.1
> 1987 3.4 4.0 3.0
> 1991 3.6 4.1 3.2
> 1996 3.8 4.0 3.5
> 1998 3.6 3.8 3.4
> 2000 3.5 3.8 3.3
> 2002 3.7 3.9 3.4
> 2004 4.0 4.1 3.8
> 2006 4.0 4.1 3.9
> 2008 4.1 4.2 3.9
>
> share of over-25 with >10 years
> 1983 31.9 37.7 24.9
> 1987 30.7 35.0 25.7
> 1991 32.2 35.9 28.2
> 1996 30.5 33.1 27.6
> 1998 30.7 32.7 28.4
> 2000 31.5 33.4 29.5
> 2002 30.8 32.6 28.8
> 2004 30.6 32.4 28.6
> 2006 30.0 31.1 28.8
> 2008 31.5 32.9 30.0
>
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