Table 4. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week, hours of leave taken, and main reason for taking leave, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 4. Workers who took leave from their jobs during an average week, hours of leave taken, and main reason for taking leave, by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total workers (in thou- sands)	Workers who took paid or unpaid leave during an average week for any reason
		Total (in thou- sands)	Percent	Average hours of leave taken	Percent distribution by main reason for taking leave
		Total (in thou- sands)	Percent	Average hours of leave taken	Total	Own illness or medical care	Illness or medical care of a family member	Childcare or eldercare (other than for illness)	Vaca- tion	Errands or personal reasons	Birth or adoption of a child	Holiday	Weather	Other
Age
Total, 15 years and over	943,325	90,476	91.3	93.10	900.0	90.1	9.4	9.0	99.3	90.6	9.4	9.8	9.4	9.0
15 to 24 years	91,040	s	95.0	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
25 to 34 years	92,522	9,739	93.8	93.33	900.0	97.5	9.8	9.9	94.6	91.0	9.6	9.9	9.6	9.2
35 to 44 years	90,382	9,426	91.2	92.62	900.0	96.7	93.1	9.9	98.8	95.1	9.6	9.4	9.5	9.9
45 to 54 years	99,130	9,766	93.2	91.45	900.0	94.2	9.6	9.5	93.0	97.2	9.7	9.1	9.6	9.2
55 to 64 years	92,753	9,121	92.5	96.39	900.0	91.4	9.7	9.7	98.5	96.4	z	9.8	9.3	9.2
65 years and over	9,497	s	97.0	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Sex
Men	95,594	95,540	90.6	92.88	900.0	98.8	9.0	9.8	90.6	91.5	9.5	9.4	9.6	9.8
Women	97,730	94,936	92.1	93.32	900.0	91.4	90.9	9.3	97.9	99.7	9.4	9.1	9.3	9.1
Race(1)
White	914,497	95,029	91.9	93.01	900.0	99.6	9.9	9.1	99.0	90.9	9.5	9.2	9.4	9.6
Black or African American	98,312	9,271	97.9	94.50	900.0	97.5	9.2	9.3	96.0	91.9	9.9	9.1	9.9	9.3
Asian	9,380	s	98.7	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	93,573	9,617	95.3	91.56	900.0	92.1	9.0	9.2	90.6	95.0	z	9.4	9.4	9.2
Non-Hispanic or Latino	919,751	96,859	92.4	93.30	900.0	98.4	9.3	9.2	90.4	90.0	9.6	9.6	9.6	9.8
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	9,400	s	97.7	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
High school graduates, no college	91,623	9,522	90.6	94.06	900.0	99.2	9.3	9.3	96.0	96.1	9.0	9.2	9.1	9.9
Some college or associate degree	98,627	9,840	90.4	93.56	900.0	94.9	9.1	9.7	96.2	94.3	9.6	9.8	9.2	9.2
Bachelor's degree and higher	94,633	93,656	95.0	93.10	900.0	95.3	9.7	9.0	90.9	91.6	9.4	9.5	9.7	9.0
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	97,629	90,760	92.6	92.88	900.0	95.9	94.6	9.4	98.7	96.8	9.6	9.6	9.3	9.2
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	9,916	9,251	92.7	90.53	900.0	94.8	90.1	9.0	91.3	90.6	z	92.3	9.7	97.2
Parent of a child under 13 years	97,713	9,509	92.6	93.50	900.0	96.2	95.8	9.4	90.7	95.7	9.5	9.8	9.4	9.5
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	95,695	99,716	90.6	93.21	900.0	92.3	9.0	9.2	99.6	92.7	9.2	9.0	9.5	9.4
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	91,697	9,049	93.3	93.26	900.0	92.0	9.3	9.9	98.3	97.6	9.4	94.7	z	9.7
Professional and related	97,333	9,377	92.4	93.18	900.0	91.7	9.8	9.2	97.3	93.1	9.2	9.5	9.4	9.7
Services	93,784	9,232	97.8	94.07	900.0	95.3	91.7	9.5	92.6	97.4	9.8	9.6	9.4	94.8
Sales and related	92,351	9,193	97.8	94.65	900.0	91.7	9.8	9.1	91.6	97.5	z	9.4	9.2	9.7
Office and administrative support	99,798	9,849	94.5	92.43	900.0	90.4	91.4	9.3	97.8	99.8	9.6	9.4	9.3	9.0
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	9,847	s	99.1	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Installation, maintenance, and repair	9,939	s	92.5	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Production	9,001	s	91.7	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Transportation and material moving	9,227	s	91.6	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	9,697	s	99.9	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Manufacturing	96,528	9,119	94.9	92.01	900.0	93.6	9.6	9.4	97.1	97.9	9.8	92.4	9.1	90.1
Wholesale and retail trade	99,014	9,413	97.9	95.59	900.0	92.1	9.1	9.5	98.7	97.4	z	9.0	9.4	9.8
Transportation and utilities	9,018	s	94.8	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Information	9,666	s	94.5	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Financial activities	90,616	9,706	95.5	96.67	900.0	91.7	9.7	9.9	97.4	93.4	9.2	9.5	z	9.1
Professional and business services	95,942	9,303	90.7	92.58	900.0	97.5	9.5	9.2	90.1	92.4	9.4	91.1	9.4	9.3
Education and health services	96,775	9,956	98.9	92.20	900.0	98.6	90.6	9.8	97.9	99.6	9.1	9.6	9.2	91.7
Leisure and hospitality	93,226	s	97.8	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Other services	9,704	s	99.3	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Public administration	9,886	9,163	91.4	91.69	900.0	97.9	94.5	9.3	95.5	96.8	9.6	9.0	z	9.3
Class of worker
Private sector	918,698	94,137	90.3	93.53	900.0	98.5	9.7	9.1	91.8	99.7	9.7	9.3	9.7	9.5
Private, for profit	906,193	91,513	90.3	93.86	900.0	98.7	9.7	9.7	92.3	90.2	9.8	9.4	9.9	9.3
Private, not for profit	92,505	9,624	91.0	90.84	900.0	97.3	9.6	9.8	97.3	96.4	9.8	9.0	z	97.6
Public sector	94,627	9,339	95.7	91.44	900.0	95.9	91.0	9.0	99.7	94.0	9.2	9.0	9.5	9.8
Federal government	9,415	s	96.3	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
State government	9,272	9,339	98.3	91.09	900.0	91.7	90.8	9.8	97.6	97.6	z	91.3	9.4	9.9
Local government	91,940	9,399	90.1	93.09	900.0	94.2	9.9	9.5	94.3	93.0	9.5	9.0	z	91.5
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	903,981	92,723	91.9	93.35	900.0	90.0	9.6	9.6	92.9	98.6	9.4	9.7	9.3	9.9
Part-time workers	96,249	9,294	96.4	90.97	900.0	93.5	95.4	9.0	95.2	97.3	9.7	9.2	9.9	9.8
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	94,145	9,311	93.7	93.89	900.0	93.3	92.7	9.8	92.7	99.0	9.5	9.7	9.3	9.0
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	96,817	9,822	95.4	92.58	900.0	91.1	9.7	9.8	99.8	96.5	9.2	9.1	9.4	9.5
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	96,532	9,354	93.9	92.91	900.0	95.4	9.9	9.2	92.9	99.3	9.1	9.2	9.4	9.5
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	96,486	9,236	93.5	94.35	900.0	96.4	9.3	9.2	91.5	99.8	9.4	94.0	9.1	9.2
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	90,286	97,427	91.7	93.29	900.0	97.3	9.7	9.5	91.0	90.5	9.2	9.6	9.6	9.6
Did not have flexible schedule	93,038	93,049	90.7	92.83	900.0	93.7	9.7	9.5	96.9	90.8	9.7	9.7	9.5	9.5
Workplace flexibility(5)
Could work at home	99,983	9,742	94.4	93.11	900.0	93.1	9.8	9.8	91.7	95.4	9.7	9.9	9.7	9.8
Could not work at home	903,080	90,729	90.1	93.09	900.0	93.3	9.2	9.7	98.1	98.4	9.2	9.8	9.8	9.5
(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. (5) The subcategories do not sum to the totals 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. z - Estimate is approximately zero.
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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