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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

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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	2022
	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	34,227	10,698	23,529	33,681	10,557	23,123

Economic reasons	3,930	1,384	2,546	3,871	1,352	2,519
Slack work or business conditions	2,652	1,142	1,510	2,612	1,120	1,493
Could only find part-time work	955	-	955	948	-	948
Seasonal work	212	131	81	200	122	78
Job started or ended during week	111	111	-	110	110	-

Noneconomic reasons	30,297	9,314	20,983	29,810	9,205	20,605
Child-care problems	1,198	122	1,076	1,188	120	1,068
Other family or personal obligations	4,623	669	3,954	4,547	659	3,888
Health or medical limitations	1,104	-	1,104	1,085	-	1,085
In school or training	5,922	86	5,836	5,866	86	5,781
Retired or Social Security limit on earnings	2,718	-	2,718	2,587	-	2,587
Vacation or personal day	3,928	3,928	-	3,897	3,897	-
Holiday, legal or religious	1,190	1,190	-	1,186	1,186	-
Weather-related curtailment	336	336	-	320	320	-
All other reasons	9,279	2,984	6,296	9,135	2,939	6,196

Average hours, economic reasons	22.9	23.5	22.5	22.9	23.5	22.5
Average hours, noneconomic reasons	21.3	24.4	19.9	21.4	24.5	20.0
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).

Last Modified Date: January 25, 2023