Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full‐ or part‐time status : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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HOUSEHOLD DATA
ANNUAL AVERAGES
20. Persons at work 1 to 34 hours in all and in nonagricultural industries by reason for working less than 35 hours and usual full- or part-time status [Numbers in thousands]
Reason for working less than 35 hours	2018
	All industries			Nonagricultural industries
	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time	Total	Usually work full time	Usually work part time
Total, at work 1 to 34 hours	34,025	9,357	24,668	33,436	9,187	24,249

Economic reasons	4,778	1,407	3,371	4,698	1,366	3,333
Slack work or business conditions	2,933	1,152	1,782	2,885	1,124	1,761
Could only find part-time work	1,510	-	1,510	1,500	-	1,500
Seasonal work	221	142	79	201	129	72
Job started or ended during week	113	113	-	113	113	-

Noneconomic reasons	29,247	7,950	21,297	28,737	7,822	20,916
Child-care problems	1,106	75	1,031	1,098	74	1,024
Other family or personal obligations	5,029	651	4,379	4,947	637	4,310
Health or medical limitations	1,072	-	1,072	1,044	-	1,044
In school or training	6,186	91	6,095	6,123	90	6,033
Retired or Social Security limit on earnings	2,741	-	2,741	2,617	-	2,617
Vacation or personal day	3,595	3,595	-	3,559	3,559	-
Holiday, legal or religious	507	507	-	503	503	-
Weather-related curtailment	647	647	-	618	618	-
All other reasons	8,364	2,383	5,981	8,228	2,340	5,888

Average hours, economic reasons	23.2	23.8	22.9	23.2	23.8	23.0
Average hours, noneconomic reasons	21.3	24.7	20.1	21.4	24.8	20.1
NOTE: Full time is 35 hours or more per week; part time is less than 35 hours. Updated population controls are introduced annually with the release of January data. Dash indicates no data or data that do not meet publication criteria (value not shown where base is less than 35,000).

Last Modified Date: January 18, 2019