Figure 4. Probability study sample respondents(1) leave a job(2), by gender and education level
Education level Men Women

Less than high school

 30.7 48.6

High school diploma

 21.9 24.5

Some college

 23.3 25.5

Bachelor's degree or more

 16.7 19.1
Footnotes:

(1)Study sample respondents participated in the 2014–15 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 interview and worked at least 30 hours per week in the 6 weeks prior to mid-March 2008.

(2)Leave a job refers to vacating a job sometime during the study period, mid-March 2008 (a little after the start of the Great Recession) through June 2010 (1 year after the end of the recession).

Source: National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979.