Table 1. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
Table 1. Flexible schedules: Full-time wage and salary workers by selected characteristics, May 2004
(Numbers in thousands)
Both sexes Men Women
With flexible With flexible With flexible
Characteristic schedules schedules schedules
Total Total Total
(1) (1) (1)
Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent
of total of total of total
AGE
Total 16 years and over............. 99,778 27,411 27.5 56,412 15,853 28.1 43,366 11,558 26.7
16 to 19 years.......................... 1,427 336 23.6 903 185 20.5 524 151 28.9
20 years and over....................... 98,351 27,075 27.5 55,509 15,668 28.2 42,842 11,406 26.6
20 to 24 years........................ 9,004 2,058 22.9 5,147 1,065 20.7 3,856 993 25.8
25 to 34 years........................ 24,640 6,902 28.0 14,358 4,051 28.2 10,283 2,851 27.7
35 to 44 years........................ 26,766 7,807 29.2 15,424 4,605 29.9 11,342 3,202 28.2
45 to 54 years........................ 24,855 6,651 26.8 13,440 3,769 28.0 11,415 2,882 25.2
55 to 64 years........................ 11,745 3,181 27.1 6,383 1,865 29.2 5,361 1,316 24.5
65 years and over..................... 1,341 475 35.4 757 314 41.4 585 161 27.6
RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ETHNICITY
White................................... 80,498 23,121 28.7 46,222 13,582 29.4 34,276 9,539 27.8
Black or African American............... 12,578 2,476 19.7 6,447 1,193 18.5 6,131 1,283 20.9
Asian................................... 4,136 1,132 27.4 2,300 720 31.3 1,836 412 22.4
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity............ 14,110 2,596 18.4 8,621 1,430 16.6 5,489 1,166 21.2
MARITAL STATUS
Married, spouse present................. 57,630 16,270 28.2 34,926 10,382 29.7 22,704 5,888 25.9
Not married............................. 42,148 11,141 26.4 21,486 5,471 25.5 20,662 5,670 27.4
Never married......................... 25,144 6,693 26.6 14,469 3,605 24.9 10,676 3,088 28.9
Other marital status.................. 17,004 4,448 26.2 7,018 1,866 26.6 9,986 2,582 25.9
PRESENCE AND AGE OF CHILDREN
Without own children under 18........... 61,761 16,759 27.1 34,680 9,410 27.1 27,081 7,349 27.1
With own children under 18.............. 38,018 10,652 28.0 21,733 6,443 29.6 16,285 4,209 25.8
With youngest child 6 to 17........... 21,739 5,960 27.4 11,477 3,341 29.1 10,262 2,619 25.5
With youngest child under 6........... 16,279 4,692 28.8 10,256 3,102 30.2 6,023 1,590 26.4
1 Includes persons who did not provide information on flexible schedules.
NOTE: Data relate to the sole or principal job of full-time wage and salary workers and exclude all self-employed
persons, regardless of whether or not their businesses were incorporated. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin
groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in
both the white and black population groups. Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children.
Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children.
Last Modified Date: July 01, 2005
United States Department of Labor
