United States yearbook - 1982 (1)

3 8 4 Labor Force, Employment, and Earnings
No. 641. P e r s o n s W it h T w o o r M o r e J o b s : 1 9 6 5 t o 1 9 8 0
[Persons 18 years ofd and over. As of May. Data not adjusted to 1980 population controls. See text, p. 372]
CHARACTERISTICS Unit 1985 1970 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980
i nnn........ 3,756
With first job in agriculture, second job
With first job nonagriculture, second job in
2,691
279
3,105
205
3,026
185
3,129
144
3,637
166
3,587
164
3,852
146
3,923
113
649 887 637 620 697 701 668 655
Wage and salary workers.., 1,000........ 3,264 3,669 3,505 3,605 4,150 4,136 4,386 4,396
Self-employed................... 1,000........ 418 346 360 317 362 306 314 330
Unpaid family workers....... 1,000......... 74 41 53 27 46 49 25 34
Multiple job holding r a te ,' total............................ Percent..... 5.2 5.2 4.7 4.5 5.0 4.8 4.9 4.9
Male.................... Percent..... 6.7 7.0 5.8 5.8 6.2 5.8 5.9 5.0
Female............................................................. Percent..... 2.3 2.2 2.9 2.6 3.4 3.3 3.5 3.8
White......... Percent..... 5.3 5.3 4.8 4.7 5.3 5,0 5.1 5.1
Black and other2............................................. P e rc e n l..... 4,0 4.4 3.7 2.8 2.6 3.1 3.0 3.2
3.3 3.8 3.5 3.9 4.0 4.4 4.4
Other marital status... .....................................
5.9 5.9 5.0 5.0 5.5 5.2 5.2 5.1
Percent..... 3.8 3.6 4.0 3.7 4.5 4.2 4.4 4.8
4,048
3,918
3,948
4,558 4,493
'Percent of total employed in the specified group. ’ Beginning 1977, Black only.
Source; U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, S p e cia l L a b o r F o rc e R eports, Nos. 139, 182, 194, 211, 221, and 239; and M o n th ly
L a b o r R eview , \Aay 1982.
N o . 6 4 2 . M ain R easons f o r W o rk in g m o r e Th an O ne Job, by R ace an d S e x : 1 9 7 5 t o 1 9 8 0
[See headnote, table 841]
4,724
4,759
REASONS
Male
1975 1979 1980
White Black' White Black' White Black1
Fem
ale
Male
Fem
ale
Male
Male
Male
Male
Female
Female
Female
Female
Total1 (l.ooo)....................... 2,736 853 226 103 3,087 1,304 230 103 2,990 1,410 220 139
Percent distribution:
Meet regular expenses......... 33.8 31.3 50.2 48.2 28.4 33.4 33.2 46.6 31.1 32.6 37.0 53.3
Pay o ff debts........................ 4.6 5.1 7.2 2.9 6.0 7.3 11.2 12.6 6.7 7.2 10.9 6.7
Save for future..................... 9.3 6.6 8.1 3.9 10.9 6.0 12.6 4.9 11.0 7.3 18.0 8.1
Get experience..................... 7.6 6.3 1.8 3.9 8.9 7.4 6.3 2.9 6.5 6.7 6.2 1.5
Help friend or relative........... 3.4 7.6 1.3 2.9 5.8 6.6 3.1 4.9 3.2 6.6 1.4 1.5
Buy something special.......... 7.2 10.7 5.4 2.9 7.7 9.6 9.0 6.6 7.6 10.9 1.4 9.6
Enjoy the work..................... 10.4 14.7 10.3 10.7 19.5 17.0 13.0 3.9 18.8 16.1 10.9 12.6
Changed Job......................... .4 1.0 - “ 1.1 1.8 .1 3.9 .4 1.5 " 3.0
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. 'Includes other races. ’Includes other reasons, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, S p e c ia l L a b o r F o rc e R eports, Nos. 182, 239, M o n th ly L a b o r R e vie w , May 1982, and
unpublished data.
No. 643. S e l e c t e d C h a r a c t e r is t ic s o f W o r k e r s Pe r f o r m in g In v o l u n t a r y Pa r t -T im e W o r k :
1 9 7 5 TO 1 9 8 1
[In thousands. For civilian noninslitutional population 16 years and over as of March the following year. Refers to persons who
engaged in involuntary part-time work for 1 week or more anytime during the year shown]
CH AR AC TER ISTIC 1975 1978 1979 1980 > 1981 1
CHARACTERISTIC
1975 1978 1979 1980 ' 1981 1
Total.................. 11,184 10,118 11,208 13,033 14,627
Sex:
Male..................... . 6,279 5,306 6,083 7,160 8,199
Female.................. 4,906 4,813 5,125 5,872 6,428
Family status:1
Husband-wife
families1..... . (N A ) 6,882 7,641 8,734 9,724
Husbands.......... . (N A ) 2,583 3,135 3,605 4,126
Wives.................. (N A ) 2,367 2,551 2,862 3,166
Famines
maintained
by women........ (NA) 1,376 1.418 1,677 1,967
Householder........ (NA) 651 713 748 911
Families
maintained
by men............. (NA) 277 315 435 503
Householder........ (NA) 86 145 213 200
Occupation:
White collar...........
Blue collar.............
Service.................
Farm.....................
Usual weekly
schedules:
Usually worked
full-time...............
Usually worked
part-time............
Reason:
Slack work............
Could only find
part-time work....
2,762
5,688
2,060
6 7 6
2,833
4,791
1,978
517
3,109
5,303
2,187
610
3,634
6,071
2,673
655
3,972
7,063
2,920
674
6,884 6,395 7,320 6,048 9,016
4,300 3,723 3,887 4,985 5,611
7,291 6,430 7,496 8,635 9,876
3,693 3,688 3,711 4,398 4,751
'Based on 1980 census population controls. See text, p. 372. ’ Includes other types of family status, not shown separately.
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, M o n th ly L a b o r Review, February 1961; and unpublished data.