HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES

23. Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and usual full- or part-time status
 
(Numbers in thousands)
 
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                                                         |                                   1996
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                                                         |        |       Worked 1 to 34 hours        |        |   Average hours
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                   Occupation and sex                    |        |        |        | For noneconomic |        |        |
                                                         | Total  |        |        |     reasons     | Worked |        |
                                                         |   at   |        |  For   |                 |35 hours| Total  |Persons who
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                                                         |  work  | Total  |economic|        |        |or more |   at   |  usually
                                                         |        |        |reasons |Usually |Usually |        |  work  |   work
                                                         |        |        |        |  work  |  work  |        |        | full time
                                                         |        |        |        |  full  |  part  |        |        |
                                                         |        |        |        |  time  |  time  |        |        |
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    Total, 16 years and over1/...........................|117,558 | 29,989 |  4,103 |  8,706 | 17,180 | 87,569 |   39.2 |     43.2
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 34,553 |  6,840 |    588 |  2,771 |  3,481 | 27,713 |   41.9 |     44.7
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............| 17,070 |  2,578 |    202 |  1,266 |  1,110 | 14,492 |   43.9 |     45.7
  Professional specialty.................................| 17,483 |  4,262 |    386 |  1,505 |  2,371 | 13,221 |   40.0 |     43.7
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 36,078 | 10,668 |  1,119 |  2,683 |  6,866 | 25,409 |   37.5 |     42.2
  Technicians and related support........................|  3,773 |    863 |     78 |    330 |    456 |  2,910 |   39.1 |     41.9
  Sales occupations......................................| 14,789 |  4,535 |    578 |    767 |  3,190 | 10,254 |   38.7 |     44.9
  Administrative support, including clerical.............| 17,516 |  5,270 |    463 |  1,587 |  3,220 | 12,246 |   36.1 |     40.2
Service occupations......................................| 16,386 |  6,694 |  1,115 |    951 |  4,628 |  9,692 |   34.4 |     41.9
  Private household......................................|    771 |    454 |     80 |     36 |    337 |    317 |   28.5 |     42.2
  Protective service.....................................|  2,094 |    358 |     38 |    137 |    183 |  1,736 |   42.4 |     44.9
  Service, except private household and protective.......| 13,522 |  5,883 |    996 |    778 |  4,109 |  7,639 |   33.5 |     41.2
Precision production, craft, and repair..................| 13,075 |  2,044 |    482 |  1,061 |    502 | 11,030 |   41.8 |     43.0
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................| 17,467 |  3,743 |    800 |  1,240 |  1,703 | 13,723 |   40.1 |     42.8
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  7,572 |  1,230 |    262 |    595 |    373 |  6,341 |   40.5 |     41.8
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|  5,052 |    922 |    188 |    302 |    432 |  4,130 |   43.2 |     45.9
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|  4,843 |  1,591 |    350 |    343 |    898 |  3,253 |   36.1 |     40.9
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    Men, 16 years and over1/.............................| 62,972 | 11,247 |  1,930 |  4,228 |  5,090 | 51,724 |   42.2 |     44.7
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 18,011 |  2,449 |    252 |  1,253 |    944 | 15,562 |   45.1 |     46.7
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|  9,646 |  1,061 |    109 |    602 |    351 |  8,585 |   46.4 |     47.6
  Professional specialty.................................|  8,365 |  1,388 |    143 |    651 |    594 |  6,978 |   43.5 |     45.7
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 13,068 |  2,436 |    300 |    796 |  1,340 | 10,633 |   42.1 |     45.1
  Technicians and related support........................|  1,806 |    272 |     26 |    152 |     94 |  1,533 |   41.8 |     43.2
  Sales occupations......................................|  7,556 |  1,353 |    166 |    351 |    836 |  6,203 |   43.5 |     47.0
  Administrative support, including clerical.............|  3,707 |    811 |    107 |    292 |    411 |  2,896 |   39.3 |     42.3
Service occupations......................................|  6,720 |  2,044 |    379 |    360 |  1,306 |  4,676 |   37.5 |     43.2
  Private household......................................|     40 |     25 |      6 |      3 |     17 |     15 |   26.0 |    (2)
  Protective service.....................................|  1,739 |    249 |     23 |    109 |    117 |  1,489 |   43.7 |     45.6
  Service, except private household and protective.......|  4,942 |  1,770 |    349 |    248 |  1,172 |  3,172 |   35.5 |     42.1
Precision production, craft, and repair..................| 11,923 |  1,777 |    437 |    956 |    383 | 10,146 |   42.1 |     43.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................| 13,248 |  2,541 |    562 |    864 |  1,116 | 10,707 |   41.1 |     43.6
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  4,737 |    597 |    122 |    325 |    151 |  4,139 |   41.8 |     42.7
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|  4,591 |    719 |    161 |    269 |    289 |  3,871 |   44.1 |     46.2
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|  3,921 |  1,224 |    279 |    270 |    676 |  2,696 |   36.6 |     41.2
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    Women, 16 years and over1/...........................| 54,587 | 18,742 |  2,174 |  4,478 | 12,090 | 35,844 |   35.7 |     41.0
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Managerial and professional specialty....................| 16,542 |  4,391 |    336 |  1,518 |  2,537 | 12,151 |   38.5 |     42.3
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............|  7,424 |  1,516 |     93 |    664 |    759 |  5,907 |   40.6 |     43.0
  Professional specialty.................................|  9,118 |  2,874 |    242 |    854 |  1,778 |  6,244 |   36.8 |     41.5
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............| 23,009 |  8,233 |    820 |  1,888 |  5,525 | 14,777 |   34.8 |     40.2
  Technicians and related support........................|  1,967 |    591 |     52 |    177 |    362 |  1,376 |   36.6 |     40.4
  Sales occupations......................................|  7,233 |  3,182 |    412 |    416 |  2,354 |  4,051 |   33.6 |     41.7
  Administrative support, including clerical.............| 13,809 |  4,460 |    356 |  1,295 |  2,809 |  9,349 |   35.2 |     39.6
Service occupations......................................|  9,665 |  4,650 |    736 |    592 |  3,322 |  5,016 |   32.2 |     40.7
  Private household......................................|    731 |    428 |     74 |     34 |    320 |    302 |   28.7 |     42.3
  Protective service.....................................|    355 |    108 |     15 |     28 |     65 |    246 |   36.0 |     40.9
  Service, except private household and protective.......|  8,580 |  4,113 |    647 |    530 |  2,936 |  4,467 |   32.3 |     40.5
Precision production, craft, and repair..................|  1,152 |    267 |     44 |    105 |    119 |    884 |   38.5 |     41.2
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................|  4,218 |  1,202 |    239 |    376 |    587 |  3,016 |   36.9 |     40.2
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........|  2,835 |    633 |    140 |    270 |    223 |  2,202 |   38.3 |     40.2
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........|    461 |    203 |     27 |     33 |    143 |    258 |   34.1 |     41.5
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....|    922 |    366 |     72 |     73 |    222 |    556 |   34.0 |     39.7
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   1/  Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.
   2/  Data not shown where base is less than 35,000.