HOUSEHOLD DATA

ANNUAL AVERAGES

20. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35

hours and usual full- or part-time status

[Numbers in thousands]

Reason for working less than 35 hours

2011

All industries Nonagricultural industries

Total

Usually

work

full time

Usually

work

part time

Total

Usually

work

full time

Usually

work

part time

Total, at work 1 to 34 hours. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34,898 10,047 24,851 34,271 9,874 24,397

Economic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,560 2,043 6,517 8,423 1,983 6,440

Slack work or business conditions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,711 1,791 3,920 5,617 1,749 3,868

Could only find part-time work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,514 – 2,514 2,494 – 2,494

Seasonal work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 140 84 201 123 79

Job started or ended during week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 112 – 111 111 –

Noneconomic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26,337 8,003 18,334 25,848 7,892 17,957

Child-care problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812 53 759 806 52 754

Other family or personal obligations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,533 596 3,938 4,463 587 3,875

Health or medical limitations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786 – 786 763 – 763

In school or training. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,607 81 5,526 5,539 80 5,459

Retired or Social Security limit on earnings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,180 – 2,180 2,059 – 2,059

Vacation or personal day. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,437 3,437 – 3,391 3,391 –

Holiday, legal or religious. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838 838 – 833 833 –

Weather-related curtailment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749 749 – 724 724 –

All other reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,395 2,250 5,145 7,270 2,224 5,047

Average hours, economic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.5 24.0 22.1 22.6 24.0 22.1

Average hours, noneconomic reasons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21.3 25.0 19.7 21.4 25.1 19.8

NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash

indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (value not shown where base is less than 35,000).

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