Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 5. How far in advance workers knew their work schedules by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Percent distribution by how far in advance workers knew their work schedules
Characteristic	Total workers (in thousands)	Total	Less than 1 week	1 to 2 weeks	2 to 4 weeks	4 weeks or more
Age
Total, 15 years and over	943,325	900.0	90.6	96.0	9.5	93.8
15 to 24 years	91,040	900.0	98.2	97.0	93.9	90.9
25 to 34 years	92,522	900.0	97.9	97.2	9.7	95.2
35 to 44 years	90,382	900.0	99.4	93.0	9.4	99.2
45 to 54 years	99,130	900.0	99.9	91.4	9.7	91.0
55 to 64 years	92,753	900.0	90.4	93.3	9.5	97.8
65 years and over	9,497	900.0	90.1	99.3	91.1	99.5
Sex
Men	95,594	900.0	96.0	97.5	9.5	98.1
Women	97,730	900.0	94.7	94.4	90.7	90.1
Race(1)
White	914,497	900.0	90.3	95.7	9.2	94.8
Black or African American	98,312	900.0	94.8	95.9	90.6	98.7
Asian	9,380	900.0	92.7	92.5	91.9	92.8
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	93,573	900.0	98.0	98.2	9.3	97.5
Non-Hispanic or Latino	919,751	900.0	99.2	95.6	90.2	95.0
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	9,400	900.0	91.9	97.3	9.1	94.7
High school graduates, no college	91,623	900.0	93.7	96.2	9.8	91.3
Some college or associate degree	98,627	900.0	90.6	93.9	9.9	96.5
Bachelor's degree and higher	94,633	900.0	94.4	92.7	9.1	93.8
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	97,629	900.0	99.2	93.6	9.4	98.8
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	9,916	900.0	97.2	9.6	9.1	94.1
Parent of a child under 13 years	97,713	900.0	99.8	94.7	9.2	97.4
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	95,695	900.0	91.3	97.2	90.1	91.3
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	91,697	900.0	98.4	94.0	9.5	98.1
Professional and related	97,333	900.0	92.3	92.1	9.2	97.4
Services	93,784	900.0	90.2	92.8	9.8	97.2
Sales and related	92,351	900.0	91.0	97.2	93.3	98.6
Office and administrative support	99,798	900.0	91.8	94.6	9.4	94.1
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	9,847	900.0	90.7	94.7	9.6	93.0
Installation, maintenance, and repair	9,939	900.0	99.4	9.3	9.4	95.9
Production	9,001	900.0	99.9	93.7	9.2	92.2
Transportation and material moving	9,227	900.0	98.2	95.0	9.8	98.0
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	9,697	900.0	93.8	92.9	9.4	90.9
Manufacturing	96,528	900.0	91.7	92.8	9.7	98.7
Wholesale and retail trade	99,014	900.0	97.9	94.8	91.0	96.3
Transportation and utilities	9,018	900.0	91.0	93.0	9.4	90.5
Information	9,666	900.0	94.9	90.1	9.6	95.4
Financial activities	90,616	900.0	94.8	96.2	9.8	90.2
Professional and business services	95,942	900.0	94.8	93.4	9.3	94.4
Education and health services	96,775	900.0	91.4	91.2	9.4	90.0
Leisure and hospitality	93,226	900.0	92.9	99.0	93.6	94.5
Other services	9,704	900.0	99.1	99.4	9.0	92.5
Public administration	9,886	900.0	95.8	9.4	9.3	95.4
Class of worker
Private sector	918,698	900.0	92.3	97.4	90.3	90.0
Private, for profit	906,193	900.0	93.8	97.9	90.6	97.6
Private, not for profit	92,505	900.0	9.9	93.5	9.8	99.8
Public sector	94,627	900.0	92.8	9.3	9.8	92.1
Federal government	9,415	900.0	93.0	93.4	9.7	95.9
State government	9,272	900.0	95.2	9.8	9.9	92.1
Local government	91,940	900.0	91.1	9.4	9.1	94.4
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	903,981	900.0	99.1	93.7	9.3	98.9
Part-time workers	96,249	900.0	96.1	95.9	93.3	94.7
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	94,145	900.0	92.3	97.6	90.6	99.6
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	96,817	900.0	96.8	91.7	9.9	93.6
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	96,532	900.0	98.9	92.0	9.1	92.0
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	96,486	900.0	98.7	93.9	9.7	99.7
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	90,286	900.0	93.9	90.4	91.3	94.5
Did not have flexible schedule	93,038	900.0	96.5	90.6	9.3	95.6
Worker had input into schedule	9,979	900.0	99.2	90.7	91.0	99.2
Employer decided schedule	92,284	900.0	96.1	90.5	9.6	96.9
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	99,983	900.0	99.9	94.7	9.6	97.9
Could not work at home	903,080	900.0	91.0	96.5	90.3	92.3
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (2) Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. Estimates for workers who did not have flexible schedules do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all response options. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the total because a small number of workers did not provide this information. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over.

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