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THURSDAY, JULY 12, 1984
THE LATEST SURVEY DISCOVERED TWO MAIN REASONS FOR THE MANPOWER MOBILITY: UNSATISFACTORY EARNINGS, ACCOUNTING FOR 32 PER CENT OF THOSE WHO HAD CHANGED JOBS, AND DISMISSAL OR COMPLETION OF CONTRACT, ACCOUNTING FOR 28.8 PER CENT.
+ABOUT TWO-THIRDS OF THE JOB-CHANGERS WERE IN PRODUCTION OCCUPATIONS, ONE-SEVENTH IN SERVICES AND ONE-EIGHTH IN CLERICAL POSITIONS. THE TENDENCY TO CHANGE JOBS WAS ALSO HIGHER FOR THESE OCCUPATIONS, A DEPARTMENT SPOKESMAN SAID.
ALMOST HALF OF THE WORKERS CHANGING EMPLOYMENT WERE BETWEEN 20 AND 29 YEARS OF AGE, WITH MEN ACCOUNTING FOR A SMALLER PROPORTION THAN WOMEN. BUT IN THE 30 TO 59 AGE GROUPS, THERE WERE THREE TIMES MORE MEN THAN WOMEN CHANGING JOBS. OVERALL, THE SEX RATIO WAS ABOUT TWO MALES TO ONE FEMALE.
+HOWEVER, THE PROPORTION OF PEOPLE WHO REPORTED A CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT DROPPED WITH RISING AGE FOR BOTH SEXES, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
THE MAJORITY OF JOB-HOPPERS HAD PRIMARY OR SECONDARY EDUCATION. BY CONTRAST, ONLY SIX PER CENT OF UNIVERSITY GRADUATES REPORTED EMPLOYMENT CHANGES.
ABOUT THREE-QUARTERS OF THE WORKERS WHO HAD CHANGED JOBS EARNED BETWEEN $1 000 AND $3 000 A MONTH, WHEREAS HIGH-INCOME EMPLOYEES HAD A LOW TENDENCY TO SWITCH EMPLOYMENT.
ALSO COVERED WERE TWO OTHER MOBILITY ASPECTS: NEW ENTRANTS TO THE LABOUR MARKET AND ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE PERSONS WHO LEFT THE LABOUR FORCE.
THE LATEST SURVEY SHOWED THERE WERE 138 000 NEW ENTRANTS, COMPARED WITH 164 100 IN THE PREVIOUS SURVEY.
THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF NEW ENTRANTS WAS GENERALLY HIGHER THAN THAT OF THE ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION, AND MOST OF THEM WERE IN PRODUCTION, CLERICAL AND SERVICES OCCUPATIONS.
EIGHTY-FIVE PER CENT OF THESE ENTRANTS EARNED LESS THAN 000 A MONTH, AND ABOUT FOUR PER CENT, MORE THAN $4 000.
THE NUMBER OF LEAVERS SHOWN IN THE RECENT SURVEY WAS 47 900, COMPARED WITH 76 100 IN THE 1982 SURVEY.
ONLY ONE PER CENT OF THOSE WHO LEFT THE LABOUR FORCE GAVE +EMPLOYMENT NOT AVAILABLE+ AS THE REASON.
THREE-FIFTHS OF THE LEAVERS GAVE INCREASING HOUSEWORK RETIREMENT OR DETERIORATING HEALTH AS REASONS FOR THEIR WITHDRAWAL.
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