Bureau of Labor Statistics
Table 6. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by selected characteristics, February 2005
Table 6. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by selected characteristics,
February 2005
(Percent distribution)
Workers with alternative arrangements
Workers with
Characteristic traditional
Independent On-call Temporary help Workers arrangements
contractors workers agency workers provided by
contract firms
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over....... 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
16 to 19 years..................... .9 5.4 2.7 .9 4.2
20 to 24 years..................... 3.4 14.5 16.6 10.7 9.7
25 to 34 years..................... 14.7 21.8 29.8 25.2 22.1
35 to 44 years..................... 26.6 23.3 20.8 24.1 24.7
45 to 54 years..................... 27.1 17.0 16.4 22.8 23.7
55 to 64 years..................... 18.8 10.9 11.1 14.0 12.5
65 years and over.................. 8.5 7.1 2.7 2.3 3.0
Men, 16 years and over......... 64.7 50.6 47.2 69.0 52.2
16 to 19 years..................... .3 3.3 1.9 .9 1.9
20 to 24 years..................... 1.9 8.1 8.8 7.5 5.1
25 to 34 years..................... 9.7 12.2 15.2 17.0 12.1
35 to 44 years..................... 17.6 10.3 9.8 17.2 13.0
45 to 54 years..................... 17.1 8.5 5.8 17.6 12.1
55 to 64 years..................... 12.4 4.4 4.3 8.6 6.4
65 years and over.................. 5.7 3.7 1.3 .4 1.5
Women, 16 years and over....... 35.3 49.4 52.8 31.0 47.8
16 to 19 years..................... .5 2.1 .7 - 2.3
20 to 24 years..................... 1.6 6.3 7.8 3.3 4.6
25 to 34 years..................... 5.0 9.6 14.6 8.2 10.1
35 to 44 years..................... 9.0 13.0 10.9 7.0 11.7
45 to 54 years..................... 10.0 8.5 10.6 5.3 11.6
55 to 64 years..................... 6.3 6.5 6.8 5.4 6.1
65 years and over.................. 2.8 3.4 1.4 1.9 1.4
RACE AND HISPANIC OR
LATINO ETHNICITY
White.............................. 88.6 85.5 69.0 78.3 82.4
Black or African American.......... 5.6 8.6 22.7 14.9 10.9
Asian.............................. 3.6 2.6 5.2 5.3 4.5
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity....... 9.2 15.7 21.0 16.4 13.1
FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
Full-time workers.................. 74.8 55.8 80.4 85.4 83.1
Part-time workers.................. 25.2 44.2 19.6 14.6 16.9
NOTE: Workers with traditional arrangements are those who do not fall into any of the "alternative
arrangements" categories. 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. Dash represents zero.
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Last Modified Date: July 27, 2005
