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Job satisfaction among American workers was examined for 1972 through 1978 with a sample (n = 4,709) made up of seven independently drawn annual national surveys. As was true in the previous decade, there were no substantial changes in overall levels of job satisfaction through 1978, and a number of correlates of job satisfaction remained unchanged. Blacks were less job satisfied than whites, there were no sex differences in job satisfaction, and there was a positive association between job satisfaction and education, age, income, and occupation.

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A study of white male and female respondents to three recent national sample surveys reveals, for both sexes, a moderate but consistent positive correlation between age and job satisfaction. The correlation may result from influences associated with aging or cohort membership, or both. Tests, through partial correlation analysis, of one "aging" and one "cohort" explanation yield largely negative evidence. However, the correlation among males seems likely to result to some degree from an increase with aging in extrinsic job rewards.Requests for reprints should be sent to Charles N. Weaver, School of Business and Administration,