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According to analysis of the Displaced Worker Survey, in 2004 the three-year displacement rate [the number of reported job losers over a three year period] was 8.1% for workers aged 20-24, 11% for ages 25-29, 10.8% for ages 30-34, 9.3% for ages 35-39, 8.8% for ages 40-44, 8.3% for ages 45-49, 8% for ages 50-54, 8.5% for ages 55-59, and 9.4% for ages 60-64. (Table 2, p. 23) 

Munnell, A. H., Sass, S., Soto, M., & Zhivan, N. (2006). Has the displacement of older workers increased? (Working Paper No. 17). Chestnut Hill, MA: Center for Retirement Research at Boston College. Retrieved from http://crr.bc.edu/images/stories/Working_Papers/wp_2006-17.pdf

This paper "explores the relationship between job loss and age over the period 1984-2004 using the biennial Displaced Worker Supplement to the Current Population Survey. The survey attempts to measure the incidence of job loss due to a shift in labor demand by asking workers whether they have been displaced for one of the following reasons: 1. their plant or company closed down or moved; 2. their company had insufficient work; 3. their position or shift was abolished; 4. a seasonal job was completed; 5. a self-operated business failed; 6. other reason."

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