At 5:04 PM 11/29/96, Tom Walker wrote: >The rigour of definition and level of aggregation is relevant. The BLS data >Doug cited showed "non-economic" part-time work nearly doubling in 36 years >and "economic" part-time work staying flat. If the definition of economic >part-time work is so narrow that it excludes all but the most indefatigable >full-time job seekers, then that might itself explain a good part of the >divergence between the two trends. Persons employed part time for economic reasons are those working < 35 hours per week "because of poor business conditions or because of an inability to find full-time work" and who "must want and be available for full-time work." In Sept 1996, there were 4.3 million of those folks in the U.S. That month there were 7.8 million multiple jobholders, or 6.1% of the employed - and far more than the involuntarily part-time. That 6.1% figure held for both men and women, with white women coming in at 6.4%; white men, 6.2%; black men, 6.0%; black women, 4.5%; Hispanic-origin women at 3.5%; and Hispanic-origin men at 3.3%. Of that 7.8 million, 4.3 million had a primary full-time job and a secondary part-time one; 1.7 million had two part-time jobs; 258,000 had two full-time jobs; and 1.5 million had variable hours on both jobs. Doug -- Doug Henwood Left Business Observer 250 W 85 St New York NY 10024-3217 USA +1-212-874-4020 voice +1-212-874-3137 fax email: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> web: <http://www.panix.com/~dhenwood/LBO_home.html>
