HOUSEHOLD DATA HOUSEHOLD DATA ANNUAL AVERAGES ANNUAL AVERAGES 46. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age and sex 2007 Age and sex Total Absence rate (1) Lost worktime rate (2) employed (in thousands) Total Illness Other Total Illness Other or injury reasons or injury reasons Total, 16 years and over............................ 107,164 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.7 1.2 0.5 16 to 19 years........................................ 1,674 2.8 1.9 1.0 1.5 .9 .6 20 to 24 years........................................ 9,527 2.9 1.9 1.0 1.5 .9 .6 25 years and over..................................... 95,964 3.2 2.2 1.0 1.7 1.2 .5 25 to 54 years...................................... 79,438 3.1 2.1 1.0 1.7 1.1 .6 55 years and over................................... 16,526 3.5 2.8 .7 2.0 1.7 .3 Men, 16 years and over.............................. 60,262 2.3 1.7 .6 1.2 1.0 .3 16 to 19 years........................................ 1,011 1.8 1.4 .4 .8 .6 .2 20 to 24 years........................................ 5,435 2.1 1.7 .5 1.0 .8 .2 25 years and over..................................... 53,817 2.3 1.7 .6 1.3 1.0 .3 25 to 54 years...................................... 44,895 2.2 1.6 .6 1.2 .9 .3 55 years and over................................... 8,922 3.0 2.4 .5 1.7 1.5 .2 Women, 16 years and over............................ 46,902 4.3 2.7 1.5 2.4 1.5 .9 16 to 19 years........................................ 663 4.4 2.6 1.9 2.7 1.4 1.3 20 to 24 years........................................ 4,092 4.0 2.2 1.8 2.2 1.0 1.2 25 years and over..................................... 42,147 4.3 2.8 1.5 2.4 1.5 .9 25 to 54 years...................................... 34,544 4.3 2.7 1.6 2.4 1.4 1.0 55 years and over................................... 7,603 4.2 3.3 .9 2.4 1.9 .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. 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.