HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES


46.  Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age and sex
                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                         2004                                       
                                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                                    
                          Age and sex                               Total              Absence rate (1)                 Lost worktime rate (2)      
                                                                   employed                                                                         
                                                                     (in                                                                            
                                                                  thousands)    Total     Illness or    Other       Total     Illness or    Other   
                                                                                            injury     reasons                  injury     reasons  
                                                                                                                                                    
  Total, 16 years and over......................................   101,011        3.2         2.3         0.9         1.7         1.2         0.5   
16 to 19 years..................................................     1,663        3.2         2.4          .8         1.7         1.2          .5   
20 to 24 years..................................................     9,191        3.1         2.0         1.1         1.6          .9          .6   
25 years and over...............................................    90,157        3.2         2.3          .9         1.8         1.3          .5   
  25 to 54 years................................................    76,458        3.1         2.2         1.0         1.7         1.2          .5   
  55 years and over.............................................    13,699        3.5         2.9          .7         2.1         1.8          .3   
                                                                                                                                                    
  Men, 16 years and over........................................    56,922        2.3         1.8          .5         1.2         1.0          .2   
16 to 19 years..................................................     1,015        2.9         2.4          .5         1.7         1.4          .3   
20 to 24 years..................................................     5,242        2.2         1.6          .5         1.1          .8          .2   
25 years and over...............................................    50,665        2.3         1.8          .5         1.3         1.0          .2   
  25 to 54 years................................................    43,177        2.2         1.7          .5         1.2          .9          .2   
  55 years and over.............................................     7,489        3.0         2.4          .5         1.9         1.6          .2   
                                                                                                                                                    
  Women, 16 years and over......................................    44,088        4.4         2.9         1.4         2.4         1.5          .9   
16 to 19 years..................................................       648        3.7         2.3         1.3         1.8          .9          .9   
20 to 24 years..................................................     3,949        4.4         2.6         1.8         2.3         1.1         1.2   
25 years and over...............................................    39,492        4.4         3.0         1.4         2.4         1.6          .8   
  25 to 54 years................................................    33,282        4.4         2.9         1.5         2.4         1.5          .9   
  55 years and over.............................................     6,210        4.2         3.4          .9         2.4         2.0          .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.  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:  Beginning in January 2004, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.