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HOUSEHOLD DATA

Table A-8. Employed persons by class of worker and part-time status
[In thousands]

Category Not seasonally
adjusted		 Seasonally
adjusted
CLASS OF WORKER

Agriculture and related industries

  Wage and salary workers(1)

  Self-employed workers, unincorporated

  Unpaid family workers

(2)

Nonagricultural industries

  Wage and salary workers(1)

    Government

    Private industries

      Private households

(2)

      Other industries

  Self-employed workers, unincorporated

  Unpaid family workers

(2)

PERSONS AT WORK PART TIME(3)
All industries

Part time for economic reasons(4)

  Slack work or business conditions

  Could only find part-time work

Part time for noneconomic reasons(5)

Nonagricultural industries

Part time for economic reasons(4)

  Slack work or business conditions

  Could only find part-time work

Part time for noneconomic reasons(5)

Footnotes:
(1) Includes self-employed workers whose businesses are incorporated.
(2) Data not available.
(3) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the survey reference week and excludes employed persons who were absent from their jobs for the entire week.
(4) Refers to those who worked 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for an economic reason such as slack work or unfavorable business conditions, inability to find full-time work, or seasonal declines in demand.
(5) Refers to persons who usually work part time for noneconomic reasons such as childcare problems, family or personal obligations, school or training, retirement or Social Security limits on earnings, and other reasons. This excludes persons who usually work full time but worked only 1 to 34 hours during the reference week for reasons such as vacations, holidays, illness, and bad weather.

NOTE: Detail for the seasonally adjusted data shown in this table will not necessarily add to totals because of the independent seasonal adjustment of the various series.

 

Last Modified Date: February 04, 2011