Elementary and Secondary Education

Student Effort, Persistence, and Progress

Table A-30-2. Percentage distribution of high school students ages 16 years and older who were employed, by hours worked per week and selected student characteristics: 2010

Characteristic	Hours worked per week
Characteristic	Less than 15 hours		15 or more hours
Total	47.0		53.0

Sex
Male	46.5		53.5
Female	47.3		52.7

Age
16 to 17 years old	51.9		48.1
18 years old and older	33.7		66.3

Family income
Low income	37.5		62.5
Middle income	43.9		56.1
High income	55.7		44.3

Race/ethnicity
White	47.5		52.5
Black	43.6		56.4
Hispanic	44.9		55.1
Asian	‡		‡
Pacific Islander	‡		‡
American Indian/Alaska Native	‡		‡
Two or more races	‡		‡

Nativity
Native-born	48.4		51.6
Foreign-born	24.5	!	75.5

! Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is 30 percent or greater.
‡ Reporting standards not met (too few cases).
NOTE: Hours worked per week refers to the number of hours the respondent worked at all jobs during the survey week. These estimates exclude those who were employed but not at work during the survey week. Low income refers to the bottom 20 percent of family incomes, high income refers to the top 20 percent of family incomes, and middle income refers to the 60 percent in between. Native-born refers to high school students born in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Race categories exclude persons of Hispanic ethnicity. For more information on race/ethnicity, see Appendix C – Commonly Used Measures. For more information on the Current Population Survey (CPS), see Appendix B – Guide to Sources. Detail may not sum to 100 percent because of rounding.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, 2010.

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