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
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                               2009                               
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                  
                                                                 Full-time        Absence rate (1)        Lost worktime rate (2)  
        Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity          wage and                                                        
                                                                   salary                                                         
                                                                workers (in            Illness   Other            Illness   Other 
                                                               thousands)(1)   Total     or     reasons   Total     or     reasons
                                                                                       injury                     injury          
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
    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.