March 21, 2001 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Reasons for working part time
About 20.6 million workers usually worked part time in 2000, most for noneconomic reasons.
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Of these part-time workers, only 1.9 million worked part time for economic reasons, such as slack work or business conditions.
Among the remaining part-timers, about 6.2 million worked part time because they were in school or
training—this was the most common reason for working part time. The next most common reason was "other family or personal obligations."
These data are a product of the Current
Population Survey. Part time work is defined as working less than 35
hours per week. Additional information on part-time workers in 2000 can be
found in Table
20 of the January 2001 Employment and Earnings.
Of interest
Spotlight on Statistics: National Hispanic Heritage Month
In this Spotlight, we take a look at the Hispanic labor force—including labor force participation, employment and unemployment, educational attainment, geographic location, country of birth, earnings, consumer expenditures, time use, workplace injuries, and employment projections.
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