HOUSEHOLD DATA                                                                                                HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES                                                                                              ANNUAL AVERAGES

47.  Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                        2007                                
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
               Occupation and industry                   Total          Absence rate (1)           Lost worktime rate (2)   
                                                        employed                                                            
                                                          (in                                                               
                                                       thousands)   Total    Illness    Other     Total    Illness    Other  
                                                                            or injury  reasons            or injury  reasons 
                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
                      OCCUPATION                                                                                            
                                                                                                                            
 Management, professional, and related occupations....   39,173      2.9       1.8       1.1       1.5       0.9       0.6  
   Management, business, and financial operations                                                                           
    occupations.......................................   15,943      2.4       1.5        .9       1.3        .8        .5  
      Management occupations..........................   10,987      2.1       1.4        .8       1.2        .7        .5  
      Business and financial operations occupations...    4,956      3.0       1.9       1.1       1.5        .9        .6  
   Professional and related occupations...............   23,230      3.2       2.1       1.2       1.7       1.0        .7  
      Computer and mathematical occupations...........    3,131      2.7       1.8        .9       1.3        .7        .5  
      Architecture and engineering occupations........    2,655      2.4       1.6        .8       1.2        .8        .4  
      Life, physical, and social science                                                                                    
       occupations....................................    1,147      3.1       2.0       1.1       1.6       1.0        .6  
      Community and social services occupations.......    1,893      3.8       2.6       1.2       2.1       1.3        .8  
      Legal occupations...............................    1,180      3.4       2.0       1.4       1.9       1.1        .9  
      Education, training, and library occupations....    6,488      3.3       2.0       1.4       1.7        .9        .9  
      Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media                                                                        
       occupations....................................    1,537      2.8       2.0        .8       1.3        .9        .5  
      Healthcare practitioner and technical                                                                                 
       occupations....................................    5,199      3.8       2.5       1.3       2.2       1.3        .9  
                                                                                                                            
 Service occupations..................................   14,700      3.5       2.3       1.1       1.9       1.3        .6  
   Healthcare support occupations.....................    2,182      4.9       3.0       1.9       2.9       1.7       1.2  
   Protective service occupations.....................    2,722      3.2       2.3        .8       1.8       1.3        .5  
   Food preparation and serving related occupations...    4,089      2.9       1.9       1.0       1.6       1.0        .6  
   Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance                                                                            
   occupations........................................    3,564      3.1       2.3        .8       1.7       1.3        .4  
   Personal care and service occupations..............    2,142      3.9       2.5       1.4       2.1       1.4        .7  
                                                                                                                            
 Sales and office occupations.........................   25,511      3.5       2.5       1.1       1.9       1.3        .6  
   Sales and related occupations......................   10,291      2.8       2.0        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
   Office and administrative support occupations......   15,221      4.0       2.8       1.2       2.1       1.5        .6  
                                                                                                                            
 Natural resources, construction, and maintenance                                                                           
  occupations.........................................   12,477      2.5       2.0        .6       1.4       1.2        .2  
   Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.........      734      2.1       1.6        .4       1.2       1.1        .2  
   Construction and extraction occupations............    7,198      2.5       1.9        .6       1.4       1.1        .3  
   Installation, maintenance, and repair                                                                                    
   occupations........................................    4,545      2.7       2.2        .5       1.5       1.2        .2  
                                                                                                                            
 Production, transportation, and material moving                                                                            
  occupations.........................................   15,304      3.3       2.5        .8       2.0       1.6        .4  
   Production occupations.............................    8,453      3.5       2.6        .9       2.0       1.6        .5  
   Transportation and material moving occupations.....    6,851      3.2       2.4        .8       1.9       1.5        .4  
                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                             
                       INDUSTRY                                                                                             
                                                                                                                            
 Private sector.......................................   89,072      3.0       2.0        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                            
       Agriculture and related industries.............      856      1.8       1.2        .7       1.1        .7        .4  
                                                                                                                            
       Nonagricultural industries.....................   88,216      3.0       2.0        .9       1.6       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Mining........................................      672      2.3       2.0        .3       1.7       1.4        .2  
                                                                                                                            
        Construction..................................    7,908      2.3       1.7        .6       1.3       1.0        .3  
                                                                                                                            
        Manufacturing.................................   14,840      3.1       2.3        .8       1.8       1.3        .4  
             Durable goods............................    9,476      3.0       2.3        .8       1.7       1.4        .4  
             Nondurable goods.........................    5,364      3.1       2.3        .9       1.8       1.3        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Wholesale and retail trade....................   14,282      3.0       2.2        .8       1.7       1.2        .5  
             Wholesale trade..........................    3,604      2.5       1.8        .6       1.4       1.0        .4  
             Retail trade.............................   10,679      3.2       2.3        .9       1.8       1.3        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Transportation and utilities..................    4,892      2.8       2.1        .6       1.6       1.3        .3  
             Transportation and warehousing...........    4,064      2.7       2.1        .6       1.6       1.3        .3  
             Utilities................................      828      2.9       1.9       1.0       1.7       1.2        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Information...................................    2,788      2.8       1.9        .9       1.5       1.0        .4  
                                                                                                                            
        Financial activities..........................    7,857      3.0       1.9       1.1       1.6       1.0        .6  
             Finance and insurance....................    6,002      3.0       1.9       1.1       1.6       1.0        .6  
                 Finance..............................    3,934      2.8       1.7       1.1       1.5        .8        .6  
                 Insurance............................    2,068      3.4       2.2       1.2       1.9       1.2        .7  
             Real estate and rental and leasing.......    1,854      2.9       1.9       1.0       1.5       1.0        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Professional and business services............   10,431      2.7       1.7       1.0       1.4        .8        .5  
             Professional and technical services......    6,207      2.5       1.5       1.1       1.3        .7        .6  
             Management, administrative, and waste                                                                          
              services................................    4,223      3.0       2.0       1.0       1.5       1.1        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Education and health services.................   13,934      3.9       2.5       1.4       2.2       1.4        .8  
             Educational services.....................    2,609      2.9       2.1        .8       1.6       1.1        .5  
             Health care and social assistance........   11,326      4.1       2.6       1.5       2.3       1.4        .9  
                                                                                                                            
        Leisure and hospitality.......................    6,633      2.6       1.7       1.0       1.4        .9        .5  
             Arts, entertainment, and recreation......    1,302      2.5       1.6        .9       1.3        .8        .5  
             Accommodation and food services..........    5,331      2.6       1.7       1.0       1.4        .9        .5  
               Accommodation..........................    1,119      3.0       2.2        .8       1.7       1.2        .5  
               Food services and drinking places......    4,213      2.6       1.5       1.0       1.4        .9        .5  
                                                                                                                            
        Other services................................    3,979      2.6       1.7        .9       1.3        .8        .5  
             Other services, except private                                                                                 
              households..............................    3,581      2.7       1.8        .9       1.3        .8        .5  
                                                                                                                            
Public sector.........................................   18,092      4.0       2.8       1.2       2.1       1.4        .7  
        Federal government............................    3,186      4.4       3.3       1.1       2.3       1.8        .5  
        State government..............................    5,403      4.5       3.2       1.2       2.2       1.6        .6  
        Local government..............................    9,503      3.6       2.4       1.2       1.9       1.2        .7  

  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:  Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.