October 7, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Education and second job entrepreneurs
Second job
entrepreneurs have more education than the average worker.
[Chart data—TXT]
People who are second job entrepreneurs have primary positions in
wage-and-salary jobs and hold second jobs in which they are self-employed
in unincorporated businesses. About 70 percent of second job entrepreneurs
in 1998 had at least some college. In comparison, 55 percent of all
workers had post-high-school education.
Only 4 percent of second job entrepreneurs in 1998 did not have a high
school diploma. Of all workers, 13 percent had not received a high school
diploma.
These data are from the Current
Population Survey. Find out more in
"Second Job Entrepreneurs," (PDF
151K) Occupational Outlook Quarterly,
Fall 1999. OOQ
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