HOUSEHOLD DATA
                                                                                                                     ANNUAL AVERAGES

23. Persons at work in nonfarm occupations by sex and usual full- or part-time status

(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                             1999                                   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                           Worked 1 to 34 hours                     Average hours   
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
                   Occupation and sex                                                 For noneconomic                               
                                                            Total                         reasons       Worked                      
                                                             at                For                     35 hours   Total  Persons who
                                                            work     Total  economic                    or more    at      usually  
                                                                             reasons  Usually  Usually            work       work   
                                                                                       work     work                      full time 
                                                                                       full     part                                
                                                                                       time     time                                
                                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                    
    Total, 16 years and over(1).......................... 124,812   29,988    3,182    8,593   18,214   94,824     39.5       43.3  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  38,571    7,246      466    2,919    3,861   31,326     42.0       44.7  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............  18,951    2,746      154    1,335    1,257   16,205     43.9       45.7  
  Professional specialty.................................  19,620    4,500      312    1,584    2,603   15,120     40.2       43.7  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  37,460   10,597      849    2,564    7,184   26,864     37.7       42.3  
  Technicians and related support........................   4,201      912       55      328      529    3,289     39.4       42.2  
  Sales occupations......................................  15,528    4,613      463      765    3,384   10,915     38.7       44.6  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............  17,731    5,071      331    1,470    3,270   12,660     36.4       40.4  
Service occupations......................................  17,181    6,678      847      955    4,876   10,503     34.9       42.1  
  Private household......................................     799      462       63       42      358      336     28.5       41.5  
  Protective service.....................................   2,331      382       36      146      200    1,949     42.4       44.9  
  Service, except private household and protective.......  14,051    5,833      748      767    4,319    8,218     34.0       41.4  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................  14,089    1,963      380    1,031      552   12,126     42.2       43.3  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................  17,510    3,505      640    1,125    1,740   14,005     40.4       43.1  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   7,127    1,045      209      478      358    6,082     40.9       42.2  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........   5,284      924      150      308      466    4,360     43.3       45.9  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....   5,100    1,537      281      339      917    3,563     36.8       41.4  
                                                                                                                                    
    Men, 16 years and over(1)............................  66,484   11,162    1,494    4,062    5,606   55,322     42.4       44.9  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  19,760    2,526      208    1,246    1,072   17,234     45.1       46.7  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............  10,440    1,089       79      601      409    9,351     46.4       47.7  
  Professional specialty.................................   9,320    1,437      129      645      664    7,882     43.5       45.7  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  13,676    2,549      224      748    1,578   11,127     41.8       45.0  
  Technicians and related support........................   2,031      310       21      149      140    1,721     41.9       43.6  
  Sales occupations......................................   7,827    1,457      135      333      989    6,371     43.0       46.7  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............   3,818      782       68      266      449    3,035     39.3       42.3  
Service occupations......................................   6,861    1,973      280      338    1,355    4,888     38.0       43.4  
  Private household......................................      39       24        4        3       16       15     27.7       42.7  
  Protective service.....................................   1,896      260       23      113      123    1,636     43.6       45.5  
  Service, except private household and protective.......   4,926    1,689      252      221    1,215    3,237     35.9       42.4  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................  12,842    1,705      340      933      432   11,137     42.4       43.4  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................  13,344    2,409      442      797    1,169   10,935     41.4       43.9  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   4,505      515      101      267      148    3,990     42.1       43.0  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........   4,774      727      125      267      335    4,047     44.1       46.2  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....   4,065    1,166      217      264      686    2,899     37.3       41.7  
                                                                                                                                    
    Women, 16 years and over(1)..........................  58,328   18,826    1,688    4,531   12,607   39,502     36.2       41.2  
                                                                                                                                    
Managerial and professional specialty....................  18,811    4,719      258    1,673    2,788   14,092     38.8       42.4  
  Executive, administrative, and managerial..............   8,511    1,657       75      733      849    6,854     40.7       43.1  
  Professional specialty.................................  10,300    3,063      183      939    1,940    7,238     37.3       41.7  
Technical, sales, and administrative support.............  23,784    8,047      625    1,816    5,606   15,737     35.3       40.5  
  Technicians and related support........................   2,170      602       34      179      389    1,568     37.0       40.5  
  Sales occupations......................................   7,701    3,156      328      432    2,396    4,544     34.2       41.7  
  Administrative support, including clerical.............  13,913    4,289      263    1,204    2,821    9,624     35.6       39.9  
Service occupations......................................  10,320    4,705      567      617    3,521    5,615     32.8       40.9  
  Private household......................................     760      438       58       38      342      321     28.5       41.4  
  Protective service.....................................     435      122       13       33       77      313     37.2       42.0  
  Service, except private household and protective.......   9,125    4,144      495      546    3,103    4,981     33.0       40.8  
Precision production, craft, and repair..................   1,248      259       40       98      120      989     39.3       41.7  
Operators, fabricators, and laborers.....................   4,166    1,096      198      327      571    3,070     37.5       40.6  
  Machine operators, assemblers, and inspectors..........   2,621      529      109      211      210    2,092     38.8       40.7  
  Transportation and material moving occupations.........     510      197       25       40      131      313     35.7       41.8  
  Handlers, equipment cleaners, helpers, and laborers....   1,035      370       64       76      231      665     34.9       40.0  

  1 Excludes farming, forestry, and fishing occupations.  
   NOTE:  Beginning in January 1999, data reflect revised population controls used in the household survey.