Repeated job quits: stepping stones or learning about quality?

IZA Journal of European Labor Studies

Table 2 Frequency of job quits, by initial level of job satisfaction (row percentages [No. of persons])

	Total number of quits observed					Prob. of having multiple quits (%)
	0	1	2	3 or more	Total	Prob. of having multiple quits (%)
Job satisfaction in year before first quit *
1	20.2	53.9	14.6	11.2	100.0	25.9
					[89]
2	20.2	47.0	18.6	14.2	100.0	32.8
					[183]
3	47.0	32.5	13.4	7.2	100.0	20.5
					[419]
4	73.9	15.3	5.6	5.2	100.0	10.8
					[972]
5	77.8	13.9	4.8	3.5	100.0	8.3
					[2359]
6	80.2	12.4	4.2	3.2	100.0	7.4
					[3368]
7	79.0	13.8	2.5	4.7	100.0	7.2
					[792]
Total	75.0	15.6	5.3	4.2	100.0	9.5
	[6134]	[1273]	[431]	[344]	[8182]
No. of observations	24824	8133	3403	3396	39756

^*For job stayers this refers to average job satisfaction during their (observed) working life.
Source: BHPS.