Table 5. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week by type of leave used and selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 5. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week by type of leave used and selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 5. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week by type of leave used and selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Workers who took paid or unpaid leave during an average week for any reason
		Total (in thousands)	Percent	Percent distribution by type of leave used
		Total (in thousands)	Percent	Total	Paid leave only	Unpaid leave only	Paid and unpaid leave
Age
Total, 15 years and over	144,295	29,937	20.7	100.0	64.5	33.0	2.4
15 to 24 years	21,296	3,476	16.3	100.0	22.2	75.7	2.0
25 to 34 years	33,682	7,138	21.2	100.0	66.1	30.8	3.1
35 to 44 years	30,159	6,731	22.3	100.0	67.8	28.4	3.8
45 to 54 years	29,484	6,411	21.7	100.0	79.1	19.7	1.2
55 to 64 years	22,514	4,984	22.1	100.0	71.4	26.5	2.1
65 years and over	7,160	1,197	16.7	100.0	51.9	47.7	0.4
Sex
Men	74,830	14,337	19.2	100.0	67.4	30.3	2.3
Women	69,465	15,600	22.5	100.0	61.9	35.6	2.6
Race(1)
White	115,129	24,799	21.5	100.0	64.1	33.4	2.5
Black or African American	17,924	3,087	17.2	100.0	64.6	32.2	3.3
Asian	7,849	1,230	15.7	100.0	74.7	24.3	1.0
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	24,375	3,860	15.8	100.0	51.6	47.1	1.3
Non-Hispanic or Latino	119,920	26,077	21.7	100.0	66.4	31.0	2.6
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	6,743	1,115	16.5	100.0	33.5	65.1	1.4
High school graduates, no college	31,425	6,067	19.3	100.0	60.7	34.8	4.5
Some college or associate degree	29,407	6,216	21.1	100.0	66.9	30.2	2.9
Bachelor's degree and higher	55,424	13,063	23.6	100.0	79.0	19.5	1.5
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	47,693	10,463	21.9	100.0	67.5	29.2	3.2
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	10,003	2,215	22.1	100.0	70.8	28.9	0.3
Parent of a child under 13 years	37,690	8,248	21.9	100.0	66.7	29.3	4.0
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	96,602	19,474	20.2	100.0	62.9	35.1	2.0
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	22,754	5,404	23.7	100.0	81.1	18.0	0.9
Professional and related	40,284	8,653	21.5	100.0	74.5	22.5	3.0
Services	23,548	4,111	17.5	100.0	36.7	62.0	1.3
Sales and related	11,290	2,149	19.0	100.0	50.2	48.7	1.2
Office and administrative support	18,967	4,536	23.9	100.0	67.3	29.1	3.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	5,853	1,069	18.3	s	s	s	s
Installation, maintenance, and repair	4,053	739	18.2	s	s	s	s
Production	8,560	1,621	18.9	100.0	70.2	24.0	5.8
Transportation and material moving	7,859	1,519	19.3	100.0	45.0	49.6	5.5
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	1,634	345	21.1	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	6,860	1,281	18.7	100.0	40.9	57.2	1.9
Manufacturing	16,185	3,560	22.0	100.0	72.5	23.5	4.0
Wholesale and retail trade	18,030	3,315	18.4	100.0	57.0	40.8	2.2
Transportation and utilities	7,357	1,693	23.0	100.0	63.8	33.0	3.3
Information	2,685	822	30.6	s	s	s	s
Financial activities	10,370	2,397	23.1	100.0	83.7	14.5	1.9
Professional and business services	16,778	3,400	20.3	100.0	58.4	38.6	2.9
Education and health services	37,294	6,999	18.8	100.0	73.2	23.8	3.0
Leisure and hospitality	13,450	2,316	17.2	100.0	16.5	80.4	3.1
Other services	5,475	977	17.8	s	s	s	s
Public administration	7,552	2,688	35.6	100.0	90.9	9.1	z
Class of worker
Private sector	118,872	23,662	19.9	100.0	59.2	38.1	2.7
Private, for profit	107,072	21,132	19.7	100.0	57.6	39.7	2.7
Private, not for profit	11,800	2,530	21.4	100.0	72.6	24.4	2.9
Public sector	25,423	6,275	24.7	100.0	84.5	14.2	1.4
Federal government	4,595	1,525	33.2	100.0	84.2	14.1	1.6
State government	8,807	2,225	25.3	100.0	88.7	10.7	0.7
Local government	12,022	2,524	21.0	100.0	80.9	17.3	1.8
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	106,369	22,606	21.3	100.0	75.0	22.3	2.8
Part-time workers	25,882	4,433	17.1	100.0	17.3	81.8	0.9
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	25,200	3,860	15.3	100.0	42.4	55.1	2.5
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	26,521	6,221	23.5	100.0	78.1	19.2	2.7
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	27,193	6,313	23.2	100.0	80.4	15.7	3.9
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	27,454	6,213	22.6	100.0	86.5	11.6	1.9
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	81,533	17,494	21.5	100.0	65.2	33.2	1.6
Did not have flexible schedule	62,762	12,443	19.8	100.0	63.5	32.8	3.7
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	41,571	9,540	22.9	100.0	79.6	18.5	1.9
Could not work at home	102,338	20,309	19.8	100.0	57.4	39.9	2.7
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the totals 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. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the totals 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. 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.

Last Modified Date: August 29, 2019

Table 5. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week by type of leave used and selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

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