Table 6. Full-time wage and salary shift workers by reason for working a non-daytime schedule, May 2004
Table 6. Full-time wage and salary shift workers by reason for working a non-daytime schedule, May 2004
(Percent distribution)
Total Employer-
Reason for working a non-daytime schedule shift Evening Night Rotating Split arranged Other
workers shift shift shift shift irregular shift
(1) schedule
Number (2) (thousands)................... 14,805 4,736 3,221 2,526 497 3,064 715
Percent (2).............................. 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Better arrangements for family or child
care.................................... 8.2 11.0 15.9 1.6 5.8 2.6 4.3
Better pay................................. 6.8 7.1 10.1 6.5 6.0 3.5 6.1
Allows time for school..................... 3.2 6.0 2.5 1.4 3.7 1.5 1.8
Could not get any other job................ 8.1 13.9 8.2 5.5 3.8 3.2 3.2
Nature of the job.......................... 54.6 37.8 32.8 76.7 70.3 80.4 68.3
Personal preference........................ 11.5 15.9 21.0 3.0 5.9 3.6 8.0
Some other reason.......................... 5.6 6.2 7.0 3.8 3.9 4.6 7.1
1 Includes persons who worked a non-daytime schedule, but did not report the shift worked.
2 Includes persons who worked a non-daytime schedule, but did not report a reason.
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.
Last Modified Date: July 01, 2005
United States Department of Labor
