Contact Return Card

Our health. Our work.

Our livelihoods.

At

24 years
old

4

%

said their
health
limits work

At

34 years
old

5

%

said their health
limits work

The NLSY79 asks participants how their health impacts
their ability to work. The percent of people reporting
that their health limits the kind or amount of work they
can do has increased as the cohort has aged.

At

44 years
old
said their
health
limits work

10%

Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. “Number of Jobs, Labor Market Experience, Marital Status,
and Health for those Born 1957-1964.” (August 22, 2023). https://www.bls.gov/news.release/pdf/nlsoy.pdf

At

56 years
old

21%

said their health
limits work

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