Chart Data

Employment of Young Adults

Percent of young adults employed each week, by sex January 2006–June 2009
Week	Young men	Young women
Week 1, 2006	83%	86%
Week 2, 2006	83	76
Week 3, 2006	84	76
Week 4, 2006	84	76
Week 5, 2006	84	77
Week 6, 2006	84	77
Week 7, 2006	84	77
Week 8, 2006	84	76
Week 9, 2006	85	77
Week 10, 2006	85	76
Week 11, 2006	85	77
Week 12, 2006	85	76
Week 13, 2006	86	77
Week 14, 2006	85	77
Week 15, 2006	86	77
Week 16, 2006	85	77
Week 17, 2006	85	77
Week 18, 2006	85	77
Week 19, 2006	85	76
Week 20, 2006	85	76
Week 21, 2006	86	76
Week 22, 2006	86	77
Week 23, 2006	86	76
Week 24, 2006	87	76
Week 25, 2006	86	76
Week 26, 2006	87	77
Week 27, 2006	86	76
Week 28, 2006	86	76
Week 29, 2006	86	76
Week 30, 2006	86	77
Week 31, 2006	87	77
Week 32, 2006	86	77
Week 33, 2006	86	77
Week 34, 2006	85	77
Week 35, 2006	86	78
Week 36, 2006	86	78
Week 37, 2006	87	78
Week 38, 2006	87	78
Week 39, 2006	87	78
Week 40, 2006	87	78
Week 41, 2006	87	78
Week 42, 2006	87	78
Week 43, 2006	88	78
Week 44, 2006	88	79
Week 45, 2006	88	79
Week 46, 2006	87	79
Week 47, 2006	87	79
Week 48, 2006	87	79
Week 49, 2006	86	79
Week 50, 2006	86	79
Week 51, 2006	85	78
Week 52, 2006	85	77
Week 1, 2007	85	78
Week 2, 2007	85	78
Week 3, 2007	86	78
Week 4, 2007	86	77
Week 5, 2007	86	78
Week 6, 2007	86	77
Week 7, 2007	86	77
Week 8, 2007	86	77
Week 9, 2007	86	78
Week 10, 2007	86	78
Week 11, 2007	86	78
Week 12, 2007	86	78
Week 13, 2007	86	78
Week 14, 2007	87	78
Week 15, 2007	86	79
Week 16, 2007	87	79
Week 17, 2007	87	79
Week 18, 2007	88	79
Week 19, 2007	88	78
Week 20, 2007	88	78
Week 21, 2007	88	77
Week 22, 2007	88	78
Week 23, 2007	87	77
Week 24, 2007	88	77
Week 25, 2007	88	77
Week 26, 2007	87	77
Week 27, 2007	87	77
Week 28, 2007	87	77
Week 29, 2007	87	77
Week 30, 2007	87	77
Week 31, 2007	87	77
Week 32, 2007	87	77
Week 33, 2007	87	77
Week 34, 2007	86	77
Week 35, 2007	88	77
Week 36, 2007	88	77
Week 37, 2007	87	77
Week 38, 2007	88	77
Week 39, 2007	88	78
Week 40, 2007	88	78
Week 41, 2007	88	78
Week 42, 2007	88	78
Week 43, 2007	88	78
Week 44, 2007	88	79
Week 45, 2007	87	79
Week 46, 2007	87	79
Week 47, 2007	87	79
Week 48, 2007	87	79
Week 49, 2007	87	78
Week 50, 2007	87	78
Week 51, 2007	86	79
Week 52, 2007	86	77
Week 1, 2008	86	78
Week 2, 2008	86	78
Week 3, 2008	86	78
Week 4, 2008	86	78
Week 5, 2008	86	79
Week 6, 2008	86	78
Week 7, 2008	86	78
Week 8, 2008	86	78
Week 9, 2008	87	78
Week 10, 2008	86	78
Week 11, 2008	87	79
Week 12, 2008	86	79
Week 13, 2008	85	78
Week 14, 2008	86	78
Week 15, 2008	86	78
Week 16, 2008	86	78
Week 17, 2008	86	78
Week 18, 2008	87	79
Week 19, 2008	87	78
Week 20, 2008	87	79
Week 21, 2008	87	79
Week 22, 2008	87	79
Week 23, 2008	87	79
Week 24, 2008	86	78
Week 25, 2008	87	78
Week 26, 2008	87	77
Week 27, 2008	87	78
Week 28, 2008	87	78
Week 29, 2008	87	78
Week 30, 2008	87	79
Week 31, 2008	87	78
Week 32, 2008	87	78
Week 33, 2008	87	78
Week 34, 2008	87	78
Week 35, 2008	87	78
Week 36, 2008	87	78
Week 37, 2008	87	78
Week 38, 2008	87	78
Week 39, 2008	87	78
Week 40, 2008	87	78
Week 41, 2008	87	78
Week 42, 2008	87	77
Week 43, 2008	87	77
Week 44, 2008	86	78
Week 45, 2008	86	77
Week 46, 2008	85	77
Week 47, 2008	85	77
Week 48, 2008	85	77
Week 49, 2008	85	77
Week 50, 2008	85	77
Week 51, 2008	85	77
Week 52, 2008	84	75
Week 1, 2009	83	75
Week 2, 2009	84	75
Week 3, 2009	84	75
Week 4, 2009	83	75
Week 5, 2009	83	74
Week 6, 2009	83	74
Week 7, 2009	83	74
Week 8, 2009	83	74
Week 9, 2009	83	74
Week 10, 2009	84	74
Week 11, 2009	84	74
Week 12, 2009	84	74
Week 13, 2009	84	74
Week 14, 2009	84	74
Week 15, 2009	84	74
Week 16, 2009	84	74
Week 17, 2009	84	74
Week 18, 2009	84	74
Week 19, 2009	84	74
Week 20, 2009	84	73
Week 21, 2009	83	73
Week 22, 2009	84	73
Week 23, 2009	83	74
Week 24, 2009	82	73
NOTE: Young adults are those who were born in the years 1980 and 1981 and thus were ages 25 to 26 by December of 2006.

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