Table 2. Duration of employment relationships with a single employer for all jobs started from age 18 to age 40 in 1978-2004 by age at start of job, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Table 2.  Duration of employment relationships with a single employer for all jobs started from 
age 18 to age 40 in 1978-2004 by age at start of job, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

                                  Cumulative percent distribution of duration          
  Age at the start of job            of completed employment relationships             Percent
    and characteristic                                                                 of jobs
                           Less than   Less than   Less than   Less than   Less than   ongoing
                            1 year      2 years     5 years     10 years    15 years   in 2004

Ages 18 to 21 ..........     73.4        86.0        94.6         97.3        98.1       1.2

  Men ..................     73.8        86.1        94.4         97.2        97.9       1.4
  Women ................     73.1        85.9        94.9         97.5        98.3       1.0

  White non-Hispanic ...     73.1        86.0        94.6         97.3        98.1       1.2
  Black non-Hispanic ...     75.7        87.3        95.0         97.7        98.3       1.2
  Hispanic or Latino ...     72.5        84.7        94.2         97.5        98.3       1.0

Ages 22 to 25 ..........     62.1        77.9        90.0         94.7        96.3       3.2

  Men ..................     61.8        77.6        89.0         93.9        95.7       3.8
  Women ................     62.4        78.1        91.2         95.7        96.9       2.5

  White non-Hispanic ...     61.3        77.2        89.5         94.4        96.0       3.4
  Black non-Hispanic ...     65.8        81.4        92.4         96.3        97.5       2.1
  Hispanic or Latino ...     63.1        78.4        90.3         94.6        96.6       3.1

Ages 26 to 30 ..........     54.9        72.1        87.0         92.7        94.3       5.4

  Men ..................     55.0        71.9        86.3         92.1        93.7       6.0
  Women ................     54.7        72.3        87.8         93.5        95.1       4.7

  White non-Hispanic ...     53.6        70.9        86.2         92.3        94.0       5.7
  Black non-Hispanic ...     59.7        77.1        89.8         94.2        95.3       4.6
  Hispanic or Latino ...     57.2        74.7        88.4         93.7        95.1       4.8

Ages 31 to 35 ..........     47.0        64.1        82.1         88.4        89.0      11.0

  Men ..................     46.0        63.2        81.3         87.5        88.2      11.8
  Women ................     48.1        65.1        83.0         89.3        89.8      10.2

  White non-Hispanic ...     45.5        62.5        81.2         87.8        88.4      11.6
  Black non-Hispanic ...     52.0        69.7        85.6         91.1        91.7       8.3
  Hispanic or Latino ...     49.6        67.0        83.0         89.0        89.5      10.5

Ages 36 to 40 ..........     36.4        53.5        71.7          (1)         (1)      25.0

  Men ..................     35.4        53.0        71.1          (1)         (1)      25.3
  Women ................     37.4        54.0        72.4          (1)         (1)      24.6

  White non-Hispanic ...     35.4        52.1        70.5          (1)         (1)      26.2
  Black non-Hispanic ...     40.0        58.8        76.1          (1)         (1)      20.8
  Hispanic or Latino ...     38.3        55.0        75.0          (1)         (1)      21.7

   1 Estimates are not presented for these categories because most sample members were not 
yet old enough at the time of the 2004-05 survey to have completed jobs of these durations.
   NOTE:  The age category of 18 to 21 excludes individuals who turned age 18 before 
January 1,1978.
   The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 consists of men and women who were born in 
the years 1957-64 and were ages 14 to 22 when first interviewed in 1979.  These individuals 
were ages 39 to 48 in 2004-05.  Race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually 
exclusive but not exhaustive.  Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, 
are not shown separately because their representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently
large to provide statistically reliable estimates.