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Table 1. Workers with access to paid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the periods 2011 and 2017-2018

Table 1. Workers with access to paid leave by selected characteristics, averages for the periods 2011 and 2017-2018
Characteristic Percent of workers with access to paid leave
2011(1) 2017-18(1) Change from 2011 to 2017-18
(percentage points)(2)
Yes No Do not
know
Yes No Do not
know
Yes No Do not
know

Age

Total, 15 years and over

60.2 38.4 1.2 66.0 32.9 1.1 5.8 -5.5 -0.1

15 to 24 years

25.9 71.0 3.0 35.4 62.0 2.6 9.4 -9.0 -0.4

25 to 34 years

63.9 35.0 0.9 70.3 29.1 0.6 6.4 -5.9 -0.2

35 to 44 years

67.3 31.5 0.8 71.7 27.4 0.9 4.4 -4.1 0.1

45 to 54 years

71.5 28.1 0.4 74.4 24.4 1.2 2.9 -3.6 0.7

55 to 64 years

66.7 31.7 1.1 74.2 24.9 0.9 7.5 -6.8 -0.2

65 years and over

46.6 51.3 1.8 51.7 48.2 0.1 5.0 -3.1 -1.7

Sex

Men

61.9 36.9 1.0 66.8 32.3 0.9 4.9 -4.6 -0.1

Women

58.3 40.1 1.4 65.0 33.6 1.3 6.8 -6.5 0.0

Race

White

60.2 38.5 1.2 66.3 32.6 1.1 6.1 -5.8 -0.1

Black or African American

60.9 37.9 1.0 62.6 36.3 1.2 1.7 -1.7 0.2

Asian

64.8 34.1 0.2 71.5 27.9 0.6 6.7 -6.2 0.4

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(3)

Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

43.6 54.5 1.9 49.9 48.4 1.7 6.3 -6.1 -0.2

Non-Hispanic or Latino

62.8 35.9 1.0 69.2 29.8 1.0 6.4 -6.1 -0.1

Educational attainment (25 years and over)

Less than a high school diploma

35.0 63.8 1.2 38.9 57.8 3.3 3.9 -5.9 2.1

High school graduates, no college

62.5 36.9 0.5 64.0 35.2 0.8 1.5 -1.7 0.4

Some college or associate degree

68.0 30.8 0.9 71.8 27.4 0.8 3.9 -3.5 -0.1

Bachelor's degree and higher

74.1 24.6 1.0 79.0 20.4 0.6 4.9 -4.2 -0.4

Parent of a household child

Parent of a household child under 18 years

65.0 34.2 0.7 70.2 28.9 1.0 5.2 -5.3 0.3

Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)

68.1 31.6 0.3 70.4 29.1 0.5 2.3 -2.5 0.2

Parent of a child under 13 years

64.2 34.8 0.8 70.1 28.8 1.1 5.9 -6.0 0.3

Not a parent of a household child under 18 years

57.7 40.6 1.4 63.9 34.9 1.2 6.1 -5.7 -0.2

Occupation

Management, business, and financial operations

81.5 17.1 0.9 81.5 17.8 0.7 0.0 0.7 -0.2

Professional and related

71.0 27.9 0.8 75.8 23.6 0.5 4.9 -4.2 -0.3

Services

36.0 62.0 2.0 43.2 54.3 2.5 7.2 -7.7 0.5

Sales and related

46.0 50.6 3.3 55.7 41.6 2.7 9.7 -9.0 -0.6

Office and administrative support

66.4 32.7 0.6 71.1 28.3 0.6 4.7 -4.5 0.0

Farming, fishing, and forestry

s s s s s s s s s

Construction and extraction

37.0 62.6 0.4 35.8 64.0 0.3 -1.3 1.4 -0.1

Installation, maintenance, and repair

71.1 28.7 0.1 79.2 19.6 1.2 8.1 -9.1 1.1

Production

63.6 35.7 0.7 70.2 28.9 0.9 6.5 -6.7 0.2

Transportation and material moving

58.7 40.6 0.5 55.7 43.3 0.9 -3.0 2.8 0.4

Industry

Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting

s s s 44.9 53.5 1.6 s s s

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

s s s s s s s s s

Construction

41.1 58.2 0.5 43.3 56.2 0.5 2.2 -2.0 -0.1

Manufacturing

73.8 25.3 0.8 79.8 19.7 0.5 6.0 -5.6 -0.3

Wholesale and retail trade

54.4 42.7 2.9 61.3 36.7 2.0 6.9 -6.0 -0.9

Transportation and utilities

73.1 26.4 z 73.2 26.3 0.5 0.1 -0.1 0.5

Information

62.4 36.5 1.1 80.1 19.9 z 17.7 -16.6 -1.1

Financial activities

81.1 18.1 0.2 78.8 20.0 1.1 -2.3 1.9 1.0

Professional and business services

59.1 39.5 1.4 70.0 29.0 1.1 10.9 -10.6 -0.3

Education and health services

65.9 33.2 0.6 69.5 29.6 0.9 3.6 -3.6 0.3

Leisure and hospitality

24.7 71.8 3.2 33.4 64.0 2.6 8.8 -7.9 -0.6

Other services

43.4 56.3 0.2 44.8 54.6 0.7 1.3 -1.8 0.4

Public administration

89.2 10.7 0.2 88.0 11.3 0.6 -1.2 0.7 0.5

Class of worker

Private sector

56.8 41.7 1.3 63.1 35.7 1.2 6.3 -6.0 0.0

Private, for profit

56.2 42.2 1.4 62.6 36.1 1.3 6.4 -6.1 -0.1

Private, not for profit

63.0 36.7 0.3 68.2 31.4 0.4 5.2 -5.2 0.1

Public sector

76.1 23.1 0.7 79.2 20.2 0.6 3.2 -2.9 -0.1

Federal government

86.3 12.0 1.7 91.3 8.7 z 5.0 -3.3 -1.7

State government

75.3 24.2 0.5 74.6 24.5 0.9 -0.6 0.2 0.4

Local government

73.1 26.0 0.6 78.0 21.4 0.6 4.9 -4.6 0.1

Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(4)

Full-time workers

72.7 26.2 0.9 77.0 22.2 0.8 4.3 -4.0 0.0

Part-time workers

22.7 74.4 2.7 23.3 74.1 2.5 0.6 -0.3 -0.1

Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers
(single jobholders only)

Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile

50.1 48.2 1.5 56.5 42.1 1.3 6.4 -6.1 -0.2

Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles

77.1 21.9 0.9 80.0 19.2 0.8 2.9 -2.7 -0.1

Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles

81.2 17.8 0.7 83.9 15.5 0.6 2.7 -2.3 -0.1

Earnings greater than the 75th percentile

82.8 16.4 0.4 86.0 13.5 0.6 3.1 -3.0 0.2

(1) The subcategories do not sum to 100 percent because a small number of workers did not provide this information.
(2) Changes were calculated using unrounded estimates for 2011 and 2017-18, and thus they sometimes differ from calculations based on the estimates shown in this table.
(3) Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race.
(4) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week.
s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
z - Estimate is approximately zero.

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.

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Last Modified Date: August 29, 2019