A survey of 825 Manpower Development and Training Act (MDTA) graduates was made to evaluate MDTA programs. A total of 569 responded, representing 69 percent of the sample. The responses indicated that 80 percent of the graduates were employed and over two-thirds held training-related jobs. Sixty percent were between 22 and 45 years of age. A higher proportion of males than females remained in the labor force after training. The unemployment rate was highest (12 percent) for the 45 and older age group. Earnings of MDTA graduates exceeded pretraining earnings by 50 cents an hour in 69 percent of the cases. The median earnings for male graduates was $2.67 per hour and for females $2.12 per hour. (BC)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- New York State Dept. of Labor, Albany. Div. of Employment.
- Laws Policies and Programs
- Manpower Development and Training Act
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Published in
- United States of America
Table of Contents
- The Secretary of Health Education and 3
- -- Report to the Congress of the United States Need 3
- Labor-force status by sex A higher proportion of males than females remain in the labor force after training and a smaller proportion report themselves 11
- Respondents distributed 12
- All 12
- 1618 12
- Total responses.. . . 12
- Second a comparison of the post-training labor-force status of succes- sive groups of trainees in order to find if possible evidence of progressive 15
- Three group covered by the series of sur- 15
