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5 Adolescents Taking Their Place in the World
Pages 43-50

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... When high school students are interviewed directly through research surveys, about 80 percent report that they hold jobs during the school year at some point during high school. A notable characteristic of working adolescents is that they move in and out of the labor market, changing jobs and work schedules frequently, 43
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From page 44...
... during high school years has been found to promote postsecondary educational attainment. Many studies show positive links between working during high school and subsequent vocational outcomes, including less unemployment, a longer duration of employment after completing schooling, and higher earnings.
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From page 45...
... Many of the industries that employ large numbers of children and adolescents have higher than average injury rates for workers of all ages, but young workers do not receive adequate health and safety training at work training that has been linked with reduced injuries and acute illnesses when provided to adult workers who are young or inexperienced. Furthermore, children and adolescents often work with inadequate supervision and at tasks for which they may be developmentally unprepared.
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From page 46...
... Yet the array of programs and services available to college-bound students completely swamps those available to noncollege-bound students. Most students planning to attend college receive comprehensive academic offerings that are linked to college requirements; counseling is available to help them make decisions and to see the connection between academic achievement and college acceptance; once accepted into college, financial assistance is often available; and most institutions offer a variety of orientation services to help adolescents adjust to their new life.
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From page 47...
... The United States is in the midst of a great wave of immigration, a movement of people that has profound implications for a society that by tradition pays homage to its immigrant roots at the same time that it confronts complex and deeply ingrained ethnic and racial divisions. Demographers expect that, by the year 2000, 31 percent of the adolescent population will be members of a racial or ethnic minority group, compared with 26 percent in the total population.
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From page 48...
... Thus, although blacks continue to be the largest group among the adolescent minority population, their overall proportion will have decreased from 55 percent in 1985 to 52 percent in 2000. Projections also indicate that the white adolescent population will have increased by 1 percent between 1985 and 2000.
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From page 49...
... America's health care system in the 21st century must successfully achieve equity between the young and the aged and among social and ethnic groups. Given these dramatic demographic shifts and the substantial increase in the adolescent population in the coming years, researchers have the opportunity to increase their knowledge base with regard to promoting adolescent development, health, safety, security and well-being; designing and, in some cases, redesigning institutions and systems of care to more appropriately address the needs of adolescents; promoting peaceful, respectful relations among adolescents of different ethnic groups; promoting positive relationships between adolescents and their parents; encouraging and supporting them as a resource within communities; and helping them define their civic role in a democratic society.
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... · New Findings on Welfare and Children Development: Summary of a Research Briefing (1994) · Protecting Youth at Work: Health, Safety, and Development of Working Children andfAdLolescents in the United States (1999)
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