Elementary and Secondary Education

Student Effort, Persistence, and Progress

Table A-30-1. Percentage of high school students ages 16 years and older who were employed, by hours worked per week and sex: Selected years, 1980 to 2010

Year	Percent employed			Percent employed less than 15 hours per week			Percent employed 15 or more hours per week
Year	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females	Total	Males	Females
1980	35.6	36.9	34.2	14.2	14.0	14.5	20.5	22.1	18.9
1985	31.6	32.1	31.0	12.6	12.2	13.0	18.5	19.5	17.3
1990	32.3	33.1	31.3	11.9	11.4	12.3	19.7	21.0	18.3
1995	33.6	33.1	34.2	11.9	11.1	12.9	20.5	20.8	20.2
2000	34.1	33.2	35.1	11.9	11.2	12.6	21.1	21.1	21.0
2002	30.5	27.9	33.4	11.1	9.7	12.7	18.5	17.4	19.7
2004	27.2	26.2	28.3	10.4	9.9	11.0	16.0	15.5	16.6
2006	27.6	26.5	28.8	9.9	8.8	11.0	17.0	16.8	17.1
2008	22.6	20.0	25.4	9.2	8.1	10.3	12.8	11.4	14.1
2010	16.2	14.0	18.5	7.3	6.3	8.4	8.3	7.2	9.4

NOTE: Percent employed includes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week. Hours worked per week refers to the number of hours the respondent worked at all jobs during the survey week. The estimates of the percentage of high school students ages 16 years old and older who worked less than 15 hours per week or 15 or more hours per week exclude those who were employed but not at work during the survey week. Therefore, detail may not sum to total percentage employed. For more information on the Current Population Survey (CPS), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources.

SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, selected years, 1980–2010.

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