2017 Annual Averages ‐ Absences from work of employed full‐time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
46. Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by age, sex, race, and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity
[Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	2017
	Full-time wage and salary workers(1)	Absence rate(1)			Lost worktime rate(2)
	Full-time wage and salary workers(1)	Total	Illness or injury	Other reasons	Total	Illness or injury	Other reasons
AGE AND SEX
Total, 16 years and over	113,154	2.8	1.9	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.5
16 to 19 years	1,341	3.0	1.9	1.1	1.1	0.8	0.4
20 to 24 years	8,960	2.6	1.7	0.9	1.1	0.6	0.5
25 years and over	102,853	2.8	1.9	0.9	1.5	1.0	0.5
25 to 54 years	79,380	2.7	1.8	0.9	1.4	0.9	0.5
55 years and over	23,473	3.1	2.5	0.6	1.7	1.5	0.3

Men, 16 years and over	62,876	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.1	0.9	0.2
16 to 19 years	789	2.3	1.6	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.2
20 to 24 years	4,984	2.0	1.5	0.5	0.8	0.6	0.2
25 years and over	57,103	2.1	1.6	0.5	1.1	0.9	0.2
25 to 54 years	44,252	2.0	1.4	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.2
55 years and over	12,851	2.8	2.2	0.5	1.6	1.4	0.2

Women, 16 years and over	50,278	3.6	2.3	1.3	1.9	1.1	0.8
16 to 19 years	552	4.0	2.2	1.7	1.4	0.8	0.6
20 to 24 years	3,976	3.4	2.1	1.4	1.5	0.7	0.8
25 years and over	45,750	3.6	2.3	1.3	1.9	1.2	0.8
25 to 54 years	35,128	3.6	2.2	1.4	1.9	1.0	0.9
55 years and over	10,622	3.6	2.8	0.8	1.9	1.6	0.4

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White	87,684	2.8	1.9	0.9	1.4	1.0	0.5
Black or African American	14,484	3.1	2.2	1.0	1.6	1.1	0.5
Asian	7,259	2.0	1.4	0.6	0.9	0.6	0.4
Hispanic or Latino	19,670	2.6	1.8	0.9	1.3	0.9	0.5
Footnotes (1) Absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week (full time) 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. (2) Hours absent as a percent of hours usually worked.
NOTE: 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. All self-employed workers are excluded, both those with incorporated businesses and 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. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data.

Last Modified Date: January 16, 2019