APPENDIX II
Third Quarter 1998 Earnings Data for Selected Cohorts

Table 1
Exit Cohort Median QTR398 Earnings
Jan-96 $2,706 
Jul-96 $2,945 
Jan-97 $2,709 
Jul-97 $3,003 
Jan-98 $2,695 
   
Data Source: Mecklenburg County Longitudinal Data - Employment Security Commission and EIS extracts
* Match rates between ESC and EIS data were between 91 and 93 percent.
Table 2
No. QTRs Jan. 1996 Exit Cohort  
0 7% 7% of the cohort had no reported earnings. 
1 3% 3% had reported earnings in one quarter. 
2 5% 5% had reported earnings in two quarters. 
3 5% 5% had reported earnings in three quarters. 
4 4% ETC.
5 5%  
6 4%  
7 6%  
8 6%  
9 8%  
10 14% Almost half (47%) had reported earnings in 10 of 11
11 33% or 11 of 11 quarters.
Table 3
No. QTRs July 1996 Exit Cohort  
0 14% 14% of the cohort had no reported earnings
1 6% 6% had reported earnings in one quarter. 
2 5% 5% had reported earnings in two quarters. 
3 3% 3% had reported earnings in three quarters. 
4 3% ETC.
5 6%  
6 9%  
7 9%  
8 12% Just under half (45%) had reported earnings in 8 of 9 or all 9 quarters
9 33%
 
Table 4
No. QTRs Jan. 1997 Exit Cohort  
0 10% 10% of the cohort had no reported earnings
1 5% 5% had reported earnings in one quarter. 
2 6% 6% had reported earnings in two quarters. 
3 6% 6% had reported earnings in three quarters. 
4 3% ETC.
5 9%  
6 14%  
7 47% Almost half of the Jan 97 cohort had 
    reported earnings in every quarter after exit. 
Table 5
No. QTRs July 1997 Exit Cohort  
0 13% 13% of the cohort had no reported earnings
1 5% 5% had reported earnings in one quarter. 
2 5% 5% had reported earnings in two quarters. 
3 10% 10% had reported earnings in three quarters. 
4 16% 16% had reported earnings in four quarters. 
5 51% Over half of the July 97 cohort had 
    reported earnings in every quarter after exit. 
 
Table 6
No. QTRs Jan. 1998 Exit Cohort  
0 15% 15% of the cohort had no reported earnings
1 11% 11% had reported earnings in one quarter. 
2 22% 22% had reported earnings in two quarters. 
3 51% 51% had reported earnings for all three quarters.
Data Source: Mecklenburg County Longitudinal Data - Employment Security Commission and EIS extracts
* Match rates between ESC and EIS data were between 91 and 93 percent.


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