HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES

46. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

2009

Full-time wage

and salary

workers (in

thousands)1

Absence rate 1 Lost worktime rate 2

Total Illness or

injury

Other

reasons Total Illness orinjury

Other

reasons

 Total, 16 years and over ................................................................. 99,838 3.3 2.3 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.5

16 to 19 years ............................................................................... 1,135 4.0 2.8 1.2 1.3 0.8 0.4

20 to 24 years ............................................................................... 7,804 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.4 0.9 0.5

25 years and over ......................................................................... 90,898 3.3 2.3 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.5

 25 to 54 years ......................................................................... 73,626 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.7 1.1 0.6

 55 years and over ................................................................... 17,272 3.5 2.9 0.7 1.9 1.6 0.3

 Men, 16 years and over .................................................................. 55,047 2.4 1.8 0.6 1.2 1.0 0.2

16 to 19 years ............................................................................... 662 2.8 2.1 0.7 0.9 0.8 0.1

20 to 24 years ............................................................................... 4,305 2.2 1.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.2

25 years and over ......................................................................... 50,080 2.4 1.9 0.5 1.3 1.0 0.2

 25 to 54 years ......................................................................... 40,870 2.3 1.7 0.5 1.2 0.9 0.3

 55 years and over ................................................................... 9,210 3.0 2.4 0.5 1.7 1.5 0.2

 Women, 16 years and over ............................................................ 44,791 4.4 2.9 1.5 2.3 1.4 0.9

16 to 19 years ............................................................................... 473 5.7 3.9 1.8 1.8 0.9 0.9

20 to 24 years ............................................................................... 3,499 4.4 2.9 1.5 2.0 1.1 0.9

25 years and over ......................................................................... 40,818 4.4 2.9 1.5 2.3 1.5 0.9

 25 to 54 years ......................................................................... 32,756 4.4 2.8 1.6 2.4 1.4 1.0

 55 years and over ................................................................... 8,062 4.2 3.4 0.8 2.2 1.9 0.4

White ................................................................................................ 80,861 3.2 2.3 0.9 1.7 1.2 0.5

Black or African American ................................................................ 11,731 3.9 2.7 1.2 2.1 1.5 0.6

Asian ................................................................................................. 4,930 2.5 1.6 1.0 1.4 0.8 0.6

Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................. 14,664 2.9 2.0 0.9 1.4 0.9 0.4

1 Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually

work 35 or more hours a week worked less than 35 hours during the

reference week for one of the following reasons: own illness, injury, or

medical problems; child care problems; other family or personal

obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave. 

Excluded are situations in which work was missed due to vacation or

personal days, holiday, labor dispute, and other reasons. For multiple

jobholders, absence data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. 

The absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time

wage and salary employment. All self-employed workers are

excluded, both those with incorporated businesses as well as those

with unincorporated businesses. The estimates of full-time wage and

salary employment shown in this table do not match those in other

tables because the estimates in this table are based on the full CPS

sample and those in the other tables are based on a quarter of the

sample only. 2 Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.

NOTE: Data for 2009 reflect a modification in the estimation of the

absence universe and are not strictly comparable with absence

measures for prior years. The modification was made to enable users

of the public-use microdata to reproduce the estimates of the absence

universe and rates. Estimates for the above race groups (white, black

or African American, and Asian) do not sum to totals because data are

not presented for all races. Persons whose ethnicity is identified as

Hispanic or Latino may be of any race. Updated population controls

are introduced annually with the release of January data.

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