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Table 11. Employed workers with alternative work arrangements by their preference for a traditional work arrangement, May 2017

Table 11. Employed workers with alternative work arrangements by their preference for a traditional work arrangement, May 2017
(Percent distribution)
Preference Independent contractors On-call workers Temporary help agency
workers

Total, 16 years and over (thousands)

10,614 2,579 1,356

Percent

100.0 100.0 100.0

Prefer traditional arrangement

8.8 43.0 46.4

Prefer alternative arrangement

79.1 43.8 38.5

It depends

7.5 12.2 12.1

Not available

4.5 1.0 3.0

NOTE: Detail may not sum to totals due to rounding.

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Last Modified Date: June 07, 2018