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Table 2. Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by selected characteristics, February 2005

     Table 2.  Employed contingent and noncontingent workers by selected characteristics, 
     February 2005
     
     (Percent distribution)
                                                                                                    
                                                                                                    
                                                      Contingent workers                            
               Characteristic                                                          Noncontingent
                                                                                          workers   
                                           Estimate 1     Estimate 2     Estimate 3                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                        
                 AGE AND SEX                                                                        
                                                                                                    
         Total, 16 years and over.......       100.0          100.0          100.0          100.0   
     16 to 19 years.....................        12.3           10.7            8.3            3.8   
     20 to 24 years.....................        24.2           21.7           18.9            9.0   
     25 to 34 years.....................        27.7           27.5           25.4           21.5   
     35 to 44 years.....................        16.6           18.2           18.3           25.1   
     45 to 54 years.....................        10.5           12.2           15.3           24.1   
     55 to 64 years.....................         5.7            6.2            9.4           13.1   
     65 years and over..................         3.0            3.5            4.4            3.4   
                                                                                                    
         Men, 16 years and over.........        52.9           51.9           51.1           53.3   
     16 to 19 years.....................         5.8            4.9            4.0            1.8   
     20 to 24 years.....................        14.3           12.4           10.5            4.8   
     25 to 34 years.....................        15.8           16.1           14.5           11.9   
     35 to 44 years.....................         9.8            9.5            9.5           13.5   
     45 to 54 years.....................         3.8            4.4            6.4           12.6   
     55 to 64 years.....................         2.8            3.4            4.6            6.9   
     65 years and over..................          .7            1.1            1.6            1.9   
                                                                                                    
         Women, 16 years and over.......        47.1           48.1           48.9           46.7   
     16 to 19 years.....................         6.5            5.7            4.3            2.0   
     20 to 24 years.....................         9.9            9.3            8.4            4.3   
     25 to 34 years.....................        11.9           11.4           10.8            9.7   
     35 to 44 years.....................         6.8            8.7            8.8           11.6   
     45 to 54 years.....................         6.7            7.8            8.9           11.4   
     55 to 64 years.....................         2.9            2.9            4.8            6.2   
     65 years and over..................         2.3            2.4            2.8            1.5   
                                                                                                    
            RACE AND HISPANIC OR                                                                    
              LATINO ETHNICITY                                                                      
                                                                                                    
     White..............................        80.1           79.8           79.2           82.9   
     Black or African American..........        11.8           12.2           11.6           10.5   
     Asian..............................         4.8            5.1            6.1            4.3   
     Hispanic or Latino ethnicity.......        24.1           22.2           20.8           12.7   
                                                                                                    
          FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS                                                                 
                                                                                                    
     Full-time workers..................        54.6           57.0           59.8           82.8   
     Part-time workers..................        45.4           43.0           40.2           17.2   

       NOTE:  Noncontingent workers are those who do not fall into any estimate of "contingent"
     workers.  Estimates for the above race groups (white, black or African American, and Asian) do
     not sum to totals because data are not presented for all races.  In addition, persons whose
     ethnicity is Hispanic or Latino may be of any race and, therefore, are classified by ethnicity
     as well as by race.  Detail for other characteristics may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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