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

2010

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 ................................................................. 99,390 3.1 2.2 0.9 1.6 1.1 0.5

16 to 19 years ................................................................................... 1,017 3.5 2.6 .9 1.1 .7 .4

20 to 24 years ................................................................................... 7,518 3.0 2.1 .9 1.3 .8 .5

25 years and over ............................................................................. 90,855 3.1 2.2 .9 1.6 1.1 .5

 25 to 54 years ................................................................................. 73,026 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.6 1.0 .5

 55 years and over ........................................................................... 17,830 3.4 2.8 .6 1.8 1.6 .3

 Men, 16 years and over .................................................................. 54,991 2.3 1.8 .5 1.2 .9 .2

16 to 19 years ................................................................................... 606 2.8 2.2 .6 1.1 .8 .3

20 to 24 years ................................................................................... 4,125 2.0 1.5 .5 .7 .6 .2

25 years and over ............................................................................. 50,260 2.3 1.8 .5 1.2 1.0 .2

 25 to 54 years ................................................................................. 40,763 2.2 1.6 .5 1.1 .9 .2

 55 years and over ........................................................................... 9,497 2.9 2.4 .5 1.6 1.4 .2

 Women, 16 years and over ............................................................ 44,399 4.2 2.8 1.4 2.2 1.3 .8

16 to 19 years ................................................................................... 411 4.5 3.2 1.3 1.2 .6 .5

20 to 24 years ................................................................................... 3,393 4.3 2.9 1.4 2.1 1.2 .9

25 years and over ............................................................................. 40,596 4.2 2.8 1.4 2.2 1.4 .8

 25 to 54 years ................................................................................. 32,263 4.2 2.7 1.5 2.2 1.3 1.0

 55 years and over ........................................................................... 8,333 4.0 3.3 .8 2.1 1.7 .3

White ................................................................................................ 80,517 3.1 2.2 .9 1.6 1.1 .5

Black or African American ................................................................ 11,656 3.5 2.6 .9 1.9 1.4 .5

Asian ................................................................................................. 4,962 2.4 1.6 .8 1.2 .7 .5

Hispanic or Latino ............................................................................. 14,816 3.0 2.1 .9 1.4 .9 .5

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: Since 2009, data 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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