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September 2000

Teenagers: employment and contributions to family spending

David S. Johnson, Mark Lino

Approximately one-third of all teenagers were employed some time during 1997-98; a closer look into family income and expenditures reveals that many of those working teens do not seem to work to contribute toward family necessities

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