Table 7. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by school enrollment and educational attainment, February 2005
Table 7. Employed workers with alternative and traditional work arrangements by school enrollment and
educational attainment, 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
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Total, 16 to 24 years
(thousands)....................... 445 488 235 95 17,249
Percent............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Enrolled................................ 26.6 41.4 4.7 13.0 44.1
Not enrolled............................ 73.4 58.6 95.3 87.0 55.9
Less than a high school
diploma........................... 10.5 14.9 21.6 38.8 8.9
High school graduates, no
college (1)....................... 30.9 26.4 30.9 30.4 24.2
Some college or associate
degree............................ 22.3 13.1 25.1 12.5 14.4
Bachelor's degree and higher (2).... 9.7 4.4 17.6 5.2 8.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Total, 25 to 64 years
(thousands)....................... 9,016 1,790 950 700 102,893
Percent............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Less than a high school diploma......... 7.7 13.7 16.9 13.0 8.7
High school graduates, no college (1)... 27.6 27.8 29.5 19.9 29.8
Some college or associate degree........ 29.1 28.8 32.4 30.5 28.3
Bachelor's degree and higher (2)........ 35.6 29.7 21.2 36.6 33.2
1 Includes persons with a high school diploma or equivalent.
2 Includes persons with a bachelor's, master's, professional, and doctoral degrees.
NOTE: Workers with traditional arrangements are those who do not fall into any of the "alternative
arrangements" categories. Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.
Last Modified Date: July 27, 2005