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Parker, Timothy S. – Rural Conditions and Trends, 1997
Current Population Survey data indicate that 7.2% of nonmetropolitan workers and 6.2% of metropolitan workers held two or more jobs concurrently in 1996. Multiple jobholding rates were highest in the lowest and highest earnings quintiles and for whites, college graduates, and ages 45-54. Teachers accounted for the largest number of nonmetro…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Income
Download full textBureau of Labor Statistics (DOL), Washington, DC. – 2002
In May 2001, 7.8 million people in the United States (5.7% of U.S. workers) worked multiple jobs. The May 2001 Current Population Survey asked multiple jobholders their main reason for holding more than one job. These percentages of respondents gave the following reasons: to meet expenses or pay off debt, 27.8%; to earn extra money, 35.4%; to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Blacks, Debt (Financial)
