Percentage of 16- to 24-year-old college students who were employed, by attendance status, hours worked per week, and selected characteristics: October 2006

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Table 43-2. Percentage of 16- to 24-year-old college students who were employed, by attendance status, hours worked per week, and selected characteristics: October 2006

	Full-time college students				Part-time college students
		Hours worked per week¹				Hours worked per week¹
Selected characteristic	Percent employed²	Less than 20 hours	20–34 hours	35 or more hours	Percent employed²	Less than 20 hours	20–34 hours	35 or more hours

Total	46.5	15.1	22.0	8.1	81.0	7.3	27.6	45.5
Sex
Male	43.6	13.7	20.7	8.3	83.3	5.3	28.0	49.2
Female	48.9	16.2	23.1	8.0	79.0	9.1	27.3	42.3
Race/ethnicity³
White	48.6	16.4	23.1	7.6	82.3	7.3	29.2	45.3
Black	36.9	10.4	15.3	10.1	76.9	5.9!	22.0	49.0
Hispanic	48.5	12.3	25.6	9.7	79.9	5.9!	28.3	44.3
Asian	37.8	13.5	18.5	5.3	‡	‡	‡	‡
Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
More than one race	47.8	12.6!	19.4	13.7!	‡	‡	‡	‡
School type
2-year	53.7	15.5	27.5	9.4	81.1	7.9	30.6	42.4
Public	55.3	15.8	28.8	9.2	80.7	8.2	30.0	42.2
Private	40.1	12.4	16.2	11.6	‡	‡	‡	‡
4-year	44.3	14.9	20.4	7.8	80.9	6.9	25.5	47.7
Public	46.6	13.9	22.9	8.6	80.5	7.1	26.4	46.0
Private	36.9	18.1	12.4	5.1	83.0	6.1!	21.0	55.9

School level
Undergraduate	46.5	15.3	22.0	7.8	80.4	7.5	28.9	43.3
Sex
Male	43.9	14.0	20.8	8.2	82.8	5.8	28.4	47.6
Female	48.8	16.5	23.2	7.4	78.3	9.1	29.4	39.4
Race/ethnicity³
White	48.7	16.7	23.3	7.2	81.6	7.5	29.8	43.7
Black	37.0	10.8	15.3	9.6	77.0	7.0!	25.0	45.0
Hispanic	47.8	12.1	25.7	9.2	78.6	6.3!	29.0	41.9
Asian	37.9	14.7	17.3	5.4	‡	‡	‡	‡
Pacific Islander	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡	‡
More than one race	48.0	12.7!	19.4	13.8!	‡	‡	‡	‡
School type
2-year	53.4	15.4	27.5	9.1	81.5	8.1	31.2	41.9
Public	54.8	15.8	28.5	8.9	81.0	8.3	30.1	42.2
Private	40.0	11.5	17.5	11.0	‡	‡	‡	‡
4-year	44.3	15.3	20.3	7.4	79.5	7.0	27.0	44.5
Public	46.7	14.4	22.8	8.1	79.4	6.9	27.3	44.1
Private	36.4	18.3	12.1	4.8	79.9	7.8!	24.6	47.6
Graduate	46.3	11.2	21.7	12.8	85.3	5.7!	18.6	60.9

! Interpret data with caution (estimates are unstable).
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
¹ Excludes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week; therefore, detail may not sum to total percentage employed. Hours worked per week refers to the number of hours the respondent worked at all jobs during the survey week.
² Includes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week.
³ Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity.
NOTE: College includes both 2- and 4-year institutions. College students were classified as attending full time if they were taking at least 12 hours of classes (or at least 9 hours of graduate classes) during an average school week and as part time if they were taking fewer hours.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 2006.

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