Why Participate - Women

WHY YOUR
PARTICIPATION
IS IMPORTANT

Your experiences matter!
Every two years, we ask you about your employment
and other topics that impact your work experience,
such as health and wellness.
This helps researchers and policy makers understand
the important issues impacting women’s lives.
Please contact us with any questions or comments:
Call: 877-504-1086
Text with your full name to: 312-835-1905
Email: nlsy97@norc.org
Visit: www.bls.gov/respondents/nls/

Findings about

women in the
labor force

Job satisfaction

Women who
reported that they
liked their job very
much or fairly well increased
from 69 percent to 81 percent
over a 10-year period.1

Marital status for women
at ages 25 and 35.2

55%

45

%

Age 25

30%

32%

23%
15%

Age 35
Single

Cohabiting

Married

Researchers value your contributions!
Percent of weeks women

Women’s

healthcare
coverage
increased

from 74 percent
to 86 percent
over a 10-year
period.3

Women’s health-related

work limitations
increased from 7

were employed, unemployed, or
not in the labor force from ages
18 through 34.4
5%

percent at age 25 to 11
percent at age 35.5

Unemployed

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S.
Department of Labor. National
Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997
cohort, 2009-2019 (rounds 13-19).

1, 5

23%

72%

Employed

Not in the
labor force

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor.
“Labor Market Experience, Education, Partner Status, and
Health for those Born 1980-1984 Summary.”
https://www.bls.gov/news.release/nlsyth.nr0.htm#
2, 3, 4