HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                        HOUSEHOLD DATA
     ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                                      ANNUAL AVERAGES
     
     47.  Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                    2008                                 
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                         
                                                                   Workers in        Absence rate (1)           Lost worktime rate (2)   
                       Occupation and industry                      absence                                                              
                                                                    universe                                                             
                                                                      (in                Illness    Other              Illness    Other  
                                                                  thousands)-   Total   or injury  reasons    Total   or injury  reasons 
                                                                      (1)                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
                              OCCUPATION                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                         
      Management, professional, and related occupations..........    39,016       2.8       1.9       1.0       1.5       0.9       0.6  
        Management, business, and financial operations                                                                                   
         occupations.............................................    15,963       2.5       1.6        .8       1.3        .8        .5  
           Management occupations................................    10,984       2.2       1.5        .7       1.2        .8        .4  
           Business and financial operations occupations.........     4,980       3.1       2.0       1.1       1.6        .9        .7  
        Professional and related occupations.....................    23,053       3.1       2.0       1.1       1.7       1.0        .7  
           Computer and mathematical occupations.................     3,283       2.5       1.7        .8       1.1        .7        .4  
           Architecture and engineering occupations..............     2,608       2.4       1.8        .6       1.1        .8        .3  
           Life, physical, and social science occupations........     1,054       2.8       2.1        .7       1.4       1.0        .4  
           Community and social services occupations.............     1,852       3.5       2.5       1.1       1.9       1.3        .7  
           Legal occupations.....................................     1,144       3.4       2.1       1.3       1.8        .9        .9  
           Education, training, and library occupations..........     6,374       3.1       1.9       1.2       1.7        .9        .8  
           Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                                
            occupations..........................................     1,494       2.6       1.4       1.1       1.4        .7        .7  
           Healthcare practitioner and technical occupations.....     5,245       3.7       2.5       1.3       2.2       1.4        .8  
                                                                                                                                         
      Service occupations........................................    13,879       3.5       2.5       1.0       2.0       1.4        .6  
        Healthcare support occupations...........................     2,131       4.9       3.4       1.5       2.7       2.0        .8  
        Protective service occupations...........................     2,576       3.0       2.2        .9       1.8       1.3        .5  
        Food preparation and serving related occupations.........     3,787       3.1       2.1       1.0       1.8       1.2        .6  
        Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations     3,302       3.5       2.7        .8       1.9       1.4        .4  
        Personal care and service occupations....................     2,084       3.5       2.4       1.1       2.0       1.3        .7  
                                                                                                                                         
      Sales and office occupations...............................    24,158       3.4       2.4       1.1       1.7       1.2        .6  
        Sales and related occupations............................     9,553       2.6       1.7        .8       1.4        .9        .5  
        Office and administrative support occupations............    14,605       4.0       2.8       1.2       2.0       1.3        .7  
                                                                                                                                         
      Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                                   
        occupations..............................................    11,090       2.7       2.1        .6       1.5       1.2        .3  
        Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations...............       696       1.9       1.4        .5       1.1        .9        .2  
        Construction and extraction occupations..................     6,111       2.6       2.0        .6       1.4       1.1        .3  
        Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations........     4,283       2.9       2.3        .7       1.6       1.3        .3  
                                                                                                                                         
      Production, transportation, and material moving occupations    14,163       3.4       2.7        .7       2.0       1.7        .4  
        Production occupations...................................     7,717       3.4       2.6        .8       2.0       1.6        .4  
        Transportation and material moving occupations...........     6,447       3.4       2.8        .6       2.1       1.8        .3  
                               
                               INDUSTRY                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                         
      Private sector.............................................    84,466       3.0       2.1        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
            Agriculture and related industries...................       810       1.7       1.3        .5        .8        .6        .2  
                                                                                                                                         
            Nonagricultural industries...........................    83,656       3.0       2.1        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
             Mining..............................................       729       2.1       1.6        .6       1.5       1.1        .4  
                                                                                                                                         
             Construction........................................     6,701       2.4       1.7        .6       1.3       1.0        .3  
                                                                                                                                         
             Manufacturing.......................................    14,079       3.0       2.2        .7       1.7       1.3        .4  
                  Durable goods..................................     9,134       2.8       2.1        .7       1.6       1.2        .4  
                  Nondurable goods...............................     4,945       3.2       2.4        .8       1.8       1.5        .4  
                                                                                                                                         
             Wholesale and retail trade..........................    13,411       3.0       2.1        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
                  Wholesale trade................................     3,227       2.3       1.7        .6       1.3       1.0        .3  
                  Retail trade...................................    10,184       3.1       2.2        .9       1.7       1.2        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
             Transportation and utilities........................     4,663       3.0       2.4        .7       2.0       1.6        .4  
                  Transportation and warehousing.................     3,820       3.1       2.4        .7       2.1       1.7        .5  
                  Utilities......................................       844       2.8       2.2        .6       1.5       1.2        .3  
                                                                                                                                         
             Information.........................................     2,612       3.0       2.1        .8       1.6       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
             Financial activities................................     7,582       2.8       1.8       1.0       1.4        .9        .5  
                  Finance and insurance..........................     5,930       2.9       1.9       1.0       1.4        .9        .6  
                      Finance....................................     3,907       2.5       1.6        .9       1.3        .8        .5  
                      Insurance..................................     2,023       3.6       2.5       1.1       1.8       1.2        .6  
                  Real estate and rental and leasing.............     1,651       2.5       1.6        .9       1.2        .8        .4  
                                                                                                                                         
             Professional and business services..................     9,965       2.9       1.9        .9       1.4        .9        .5  
                  Professional and technical services............     6,211       2.8       1.8        .9       1.4        .8        .6  
                  Management, administrative, and waste services      3,754       3.0       2.1        .9       1.5       1.0        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
             Education and health services.......................    13,894       3.8       2.5       1.2       2.1       1.4        .7  
                  Educational services...........................     2,564       2.7       1.6       1.1       1.5        .8        .7  
                  Health care and social assistance..............    11,330       4.0       2.8       1.3       2.2       1.5        .7  
                                                                                                                                         
             Leisure and hospitality.............................     6,239       2.6       1.7        .9       1.4       1.0        .5  
                  Arts, entertainment, and recreation............     1,254       2.7       1.9        .8       1.7       1.2        .5  
                  Accommodation and food services................     4,985       2.6       1.7        .9       1.4        .9        .5  
                    Accommodation................................     1,110       2.3       1.6        .7       1.2        .8        .4  
                    Food services and drinking places............     3,876       2.6       1.7       1.0       1.4        .9        .5  
                                                                                                                                         
             Other services......................................     3,781       2.4       1.7        .8       1.2        .8        .4  
                  Other services, except private households......     3,442       2.4       1.7        .8       1.2        .8        .4  
                                                                                                                                         
     Public sector...............................................    17,841       3.9       2.8       1.1       2.1       1.4        .7  
             Federal government..................................     3,222       4.3       3.2       1.1       2.2       1.7        .6  
             State government....................................     5,112       4.1       3.0       1.1       2.1       1.5        .6  
             Local government....................................     9,506       3.7       2.5       1.1       2.0       1.3        .7  

       1 The absence universe includes most wage and salary workers who usually work full-time at their primary or sole job.  Absences
     are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours a week at their main job 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, slack work or business conditions, and the wait for a new job to begin.
     For multiple jobholders, absence data refer only to work missed at their main jobs. All self-employed persons are excluded,
     regardless of whether or not their jobs are incorporated.  Conceptually, the absence rate is the ratio of workers with absences to
     total full-time wage and salary workers who usually work 35 hours or more on their main job. 
       2 Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked, which is derived using the number of workers in absence universe as defined
     in footnote 1 above, minus those who reported that their hours varied.  
       NOTE:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.