Table 4. Wage and salary workers who took elcare from their main job during an average week: percent of workers taking elcare, hours of elcare taken, and type of elcare used by main reason for taking elcare, 2011 annual averages

Table 4.  Employed persons working (1) and time spent working on days worked by full- and part-time status and sex, jobholding status,
educational attainment, and day of week, 2011 annual averages
   
(Numbers in thousands)
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
                                                      Employed persons who worked   Employed persons who worked   Employed persons who worked 
                                                           on an average day           on an average weekday        on an average Saturday,   
                                                                                                                      Sunday, and holiday     
              Characteristic                 Total                                                                                            
                                            employed                                                                                          
                                                                Percent   Average             Percent   Average             Percent   Average 
                                                       Number      of     hours of  Number(2)    of     hours of  Number(3)    of     hours of
                                                                employed    work              employed    work              employed    work  
                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                              
    Full- and part-time status and sex                                                                                                        
Total, 15 years and over (4)..............  149,386   101,723     68.1       7.64   122,234     81.8       7.99    52,421     35.1       5.71 
   Full-time workers......................  115,758    83,389     72.0       8.10   101,936     88.1       8.46    39,288     33.9       5.87 
   Part-time workers......................   33,628    18,334     54.5       5.55    20,399     60.7       5.64    13,180     39.2       5.22 
 Men (4)..................................   80,057    56,108     70.1       8.00    67,181     83.9       8.40    29,684     37.1       5.81 
   Full-time workers......................   67,465    49,523     73.4       8.30    60,067     89.0       8.70    24,735     36.7       6.00 
   Part-time workers......................   12,592     6,585     52.3       5.72     7,209     57.3       5.97     4,969     39.5       4.79 
 Women (4)................................   69,329    45,616     65.8       7.21    55,061     79.4       7.48    22,719     32.8       5.57 
   Full-time workers......................   48,292    33,866     70.1       7.81    41,874     86.7       8.13    14,517     30.1       5.63 
   Part-time workers......................   21,036    11,750     55.9       5.46    13,198     62.7       5.45     8,212     39.0       5.47 
                                                                                                                                              
            Jobholding status                                                                                                                 
Single jobholders.........................  135,219    90,504     66.9       7.59   109,619     81.1       7.92    44,000     32.5       5.61 
Multiple jobholders.......................   14,167    11,219     79.2       8.05    12,654     89.3       8.61     8,135     57.4       6.20 
                                                                                                                                              
Educational attainment, 25 years and over                                                                                                     
Less than a high school diploma...........    9,665     6,104     63.2       7.72     7,506     77.7       7.79     2,627     27.2       7.19 
High school graduates, no college.........   35,501    23,603     66.5       7.96    29,206     82.3       8.24     9,866     27.8       5.98 
Some college or associate degree..........   33,149    23,383     70.5       7.83    27,864     84.1       8.13    12,667     38.2       6.26 
Bachelor's degree and higher..............   49,050    35,610     72.6       7.59    43,384     88.4       8.09    17,323     35.3       4.62 
 
   1 Includes work at main and other job(s), and excludes travel related to work.
   2 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average weekday.
   3 Number was derived by multiplying the "Total employed" by the percent of employed persons who worked on an average Saturday, Sunday, and
holiday.
   4 Includes workers whose hours vary.
   NOTE: Unless otherwise specified, data refer to persons 15 years and over.