Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution by how far in advance workers knew their work schedules
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Total	Less than 1 week	1 to 2 weeks	2 to 4 weeks	4 weeks or more
Age
Total, 15 years and over	144,295	100.0	18.7	16.4	9.7	55.2
15 to 24 years	21,296	100.0	23.6	30.4	16.6	29.4
25 to 34 years	33,682	100.0	16.4	16.4	9.6	57.6
35 to 44 years	30,159	100.0	16.8	12.6	8.3	62.3
45 to 54 years	29,484	100.0	18.0	13.5	6.9	61.5
55 to 64 years	22,514	100.0	19.3	11.7	8.6	60.4
65 years and over	7,160	100.0	23.4	18.3	9.9	48.4
Sex
Men	74,830	100.0	23.5	17.8	8.4	50.2
Women	69,465	100.0	13.5	14.9	11.0	60.6
Race(1)
White	115,129	100.0	18.6	16.1	9.4	55.9
Black or African American	17,924	100.0	20.8	16.6	9.3	53.3
Asian	7,849	100.0	13.8	19.0	14.5	52.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24,375	100.0	23.0	21.2	7.3	48.5
Non-Hispanic or Latino	119,920	100.0	17.8	15.4	10.2	56.6
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	6,743	100.0	31.1	16.2	4.2	48.5
High school graduates, no college	31,425	100.0	21.8	16.3	8.9	53.1
Some college or associate degree	29,407	100.0	17.1	13.8	9.3	59.7
Bachelor's degree and higher	55,424	100.0	14.4	12.6	8.3	64.8
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	47,693	100.0	17.4	13.4	8.6	60.6
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	10,003	100.0	16.0	12.0	8.4	63.6
Parent of a child under 13 years	37,690	100.0	17.8	13.8	8.7	59.8
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	96,602	100.0	19.3	17.9	10.2	52.6
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	22,754	100.0	18.1	14.2	8.5	59.2
Professional and related	40,284	100.0	12.1	11.6	8.7	67.6
Services	23,548	100.0	23.2	25.8	12.5	38.6
Sales and related	11,290	100.0	21.0	28.2	20.5	30.4
Office and administrative support	18,967	100.0	12.2	13.9	9.7	64.3
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	5,853	100.0	39.6	13.1	4.1	43.2
Installation, maintenance, and repair	4,053	100.0	23.0	9.4	8.6	59.0
Production	8,560	100.0	18.6	14.7	2.9	63.9
Transportation and material moving	7,859	100.0	33.3	17.3	7.5	41.9
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	1,634	100.0	36.5	14.6	2.3	46.6
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	6,860	100.0	39.9	13.0	4.6	42.6
Manufacturing	16,185	100.0	19.7	13.7	6.6	60.1
Wholesale and retail trade	18,030	100.0	16.3	25.5	20.2	38.0
Transportation and utilities	7,357	100.0	27.4	12.8	5.4	54.4
Information	2,685	100.0	17.7	17.0	8.5	56.8
Financial activities	10,370	100.0	15.4	14.3	7.1	63.2
Professional and business services	16,778	100.0	24.2	13.6	7.0	55.2
Education and health services	37,294	100.0	10.7	10.6	8.3	70.4
Leisure and hospitality	13,450	100.0	26.4	34.9	14.4	24.4
Other services	5,475	100.0	16.0	20.2	12.1	51.6
Public administration	7,552	100.0	10.2	9.6	8.7	71.5
Class of worker
Private sector	118,872	100.0	20.5	17.8	10.3	51.4
Private, for profit	107,072	100.0	21.7	18.4	10.5	49.3
Private, not for profit	11,800	100.0	9.1	12.5	8.4	70.1
Public sector	25,423	100.0	10.3	9.8	6.7	73.2
Federal government	4,595	100.0	11.1	13.8	9.9	65.2
State government	8,807	100.0	11.9	9.7	3.8	74.7
Local government	12,022	100.0	8.9	8.4	7.5	75.2
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	106,369	100.0	17.6	14.0	8.2	60.2
Part-time workers	25,882	100.0	22.9	27.3	14.5	35.2
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	25,200	100.0	18.7	19.8	10.8	50.7
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	26,521	100.0	16.0	12.4	8.3	63.3
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	27,193	100.0	17.5	11.5	6.1	65.0
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	27,454	100.0	18.2	12.8	7.9	61.1
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	81,533	100.0	21.6	20.2	10.8	47.4
Did not have flexible schedule	62,762	100.0	15.0	11.5	8.2	65.3
Worker had input into schedule	10,681	100.0	16.2	13.4	12.1	58.3
Employer decided schedule	51,255	100.0	14.5	11.1	7.5	66.9
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	41,571	100.0	19.3	13.9	7.1	59.7
Could not work at home	102,338	100.0	18.5	17.5	10.7	53.4
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (2) Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. Estimates for workers who did not have flexible schedules do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all response options. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the total because a small number of workers did not provide this information. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over.

Last Modified Date: September 24, 2019

Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

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