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
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                     2010                                  
                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                           
           Age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity         Full-time          Absence rate (1)           Lost worktime rate (2)   
                                                                     wage and                                                              
                                                                      salary                                                               
                                                                   workers (in    Total    Illness    Other     Total    Illness    Other  
                                                                  thousands)(1)           or injury  reasons            or injury  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.