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| Table 442. | Percentage of college students 16 to 24 years old who were employed, by attendance status, hours worked per week, and level and control of institution: Selected years, October 1970 through 2011 |
| [Standard errors appear in parentheses] | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Level and control of institution and year | Full-time students | Part-time students | ||||||||||||||||
| Percent employed2 |
Hours worked per week1 | Percent employed2 |
Hours worked per week1 | |||||||||||||||
| Less than 20 hours | 20 to 34 hours | 35 or more hours | Less than 20 hours | 20 to 34 hours | 35 or more hours | |||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||||||
| Total, all institutions | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 33.8 | (0.95) | 19.3 | (0.79) | 10.4 | (0.61) | 3.8 | (0.38) | 82.2 | (1.93) | 5.0 | (1.10) | 15.8 | (1.84) | 60.3 | (2.47) | ||
| 1975 | 35.3 | (0.89) | 18.2 | (0.72) | 12.0 | (0.60) | 4.7 | (0.39) | 80.9 | (1.66) | 6.0 | (1.00) | 19.5 | (1.67) | 52.6 | (2.11) | ||
| 1980 | 40.0 | (0.90) | 21.5 | (0.75) | 14.0 | (0.64) | 3.9 | (0.36) | 84.5 | (1.48) | 7.9 | (1.10) | 22.5 | (1.71) | 52.6 | (2.05) | ||
| 1985 | 44.2 | (0.94) | 21.8 | (0.78) | 17.3 | (0.72) | 4.3 | (0.39) | 86.1 | (1.50) | 6.0 | (1.03) | 26.8 | (1.92) | 52.5 | (2.17) | ||
| 1990 | 45.7 | (0.96) | 20.6 | (0.78) | 19.3 | (0.76) | 4.8 | (0.41) | 83.7 | (1.61) | 4.0 | (0.86) | 26.0 | (1.92) | 52.7 | (2.18) | ||
| 1995 | 47.2 | (0.87) | 19.1 | (0.69) | 20.3 | (0.70) | 6.5 | (0.43) | 82.9 | (1.45) | 8.6 | (1.08) | 30.4 | (1.77) | 42.3 | (1.90) | ||
| 2000 | 52.0 | (0.86) | 20.1 | (0.69) | 21.7 | (0.71) | 8.9 | (0.49) | 84.9 | (1.38) | 8.6 | (1.08) | 27.8 | (1.73) | 47.5 | (1.93) | ||
| 2001 | 47.0 | (0.80) | 17.4 | (0.61) | 20.6 | (0.65) | 7.9 | (0.43) | 84.5 | (1.29) | 8.1 | (0.97) | 25.8 | (1.56) | 48.9 | (1.79) | ||
| 2002 | 47.8 | (0.78) | 17.3 | (0.59) | 20.9 | (0.64) | 8.5 | (0.44) | 78.9 | (1.51) | 8.7 | (1.04) | 25.3 | (1.61) | 43.4 | (1.84) | ||
| 2003 | 47.7 | (0.78) | 17.1 | (0.59) | 20.7 | (0.63) | 8.8 | (0.44) | 79.0 | (1.44) | 7.8 | (0.95) | 27.2 | (1.58) | 42.8 | (1.75) | ||
| 2004 | 49.0 | (0.76) | 17.7 | (0.58) | 21.6 | (0.62) | 8.6 | (0.43) | 81.5 | (1.44) | 8.5 | (1.04) | 27.4 | (1.66) | 44.1 | (1.84) | ||
| 2005 | 49.1 | (0.75) | 17.8 | (0.58) | 21.1 | (0.61) | 9.0 | (0.43) | 85.0 | (1.30) | 10.2 | (1.10) | 27.1 | (1.62) | 47.1 | (1.82) | ||
| 2006 | 46.5 | (0.76) | 15.1 | (0.55) | 22.0 | (0.63) | 8.1 | (0.42) | 81.0 | (1.41) | 7.3 | (0.94) | 27.6 | (1.61) | 45.5 | (1.80) | ||
| 2007 | 45.5 | (0.74) | 15.4 | (0.54) | 20.7 | (0.60) | 8.7 | (0.42) | 81.2 | (1.39) | 6.8 | (0.90) | 27.2 | (1.59) | 45.9 | (1.78) | ||
| 2008 | 45.3 | (0.72) | 15.6 | (0.53) | 20.1 | (0.58) | 8.7 | (0.41) | 79.4 | (1.51) | 9.3 | (1.09) | 24.7 | (1.61) | 44.4 | (1.86) | ||
| 2009 | 40.6 | (0.69) | 15.6 | (0.51) | 17.6 | (0.54) | 6.2 | (0.34) | 76.2 | (1.57) | 10.1 | (1.11) | 27.5 | (1.65) | 36.9 | (1.78) | ||
| 2010 | 39.8 | (1.01) | 14.9 | (0.57) | 17.2 | (0.77) | 6.6 | (0.46) | 73.4 | (2.03) | 10.7 | (1.24) | 28.3 | (1.92) | 32.8 | (2.19) | ||
| 2011 | 41.3 | (0.94) | 15.8 | (0.67) | 17.4 | (0.66) | 7.0 | (0.44) | 75.5 | (1.93) | 9.7 | (1.21) | 28.4 | (1.99) | 35.5 | (2.16) | ||
| Public 4-year institutions | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 43.0 | (1.27) | 19.8 | (1.02) | 18.6 | (0.99) | 3.7 | (0.48) | 87.4 | (2.42) | 4.2 | ! | (1.47) | 27.9 | (3.28) | 54.7 | (3.64) | |
| 1995 | 48.8 | (1.16) | 19.4 | (0.92) | 22.6 | (0.97) | 5.6 | (0.53) | 86.7 | (2.08) | 9.6 | (1.80) | 30.8 | (2.83) | 45.0 | (3.05) | ||
| 2000 | 50.5 | (1.15) | 19.1 | (0.90) | 21.5 | (0.94) | 9.0 | (0.66) | 87.3 | (1.91) | 8.5 | (1.60) | 26.4 | (2.53) | 50.9 | (2.87) | ||
| 2001 | 45.9 | (1.05) | 16.6 | (0.78) | 20.9 | (0.86) | 7.5 | (0.55) | 86.7 | (1.89) | 7.5 | (1.47) | 27.9 | (2.50) | 49.5 | (2.79) | ||
| 2002 | 47.7 | (1.03) | 17.2 | (0.78) | 21.0 | (0.84) | 8.0 | (0.56) | 78.5 | (2.44) | 7.5 | (1.56) | 22.8 | (2.49) | 47.4 | (2.96) | ||
| 2003 | 47.5 | (1.00) | 17.3 | (0.76) | 20.7 | (0.81) | 8.2 | (0.55) | 81.7 | (2.31) | 9.3 | (1.73) | 27.3 | (2.66) | 43.7 | (2.97) | ||
| 2004 | 49.7 | (0.98) | 17.4 | (0.75) | 22.0 | (0.82) | 8.8 | (0.56) | 83.0 | (2.13) | 9.0 | (1.62) | 27.4 | (2.53) | 44.3 | (2.82) | ||
| 2005 | 49.6 | (0.99) | 17.8 | (0.76) | 22.7 | (0.83) | 8.0 | (0.54) | 86.3 | (1.90) | 9.0 | (1.58) | 26.8 | (2.45) | 49.7 | (2.76) | ||
| 2006 | 46.6 | (1.00) | 13.9 | (0.69) | 22.9 | (0.84) | 8.6 | (0.56) | 80.5 | (2.06) | 7.1 | (1.33) | 26.4 | (2.29) | 46.0 | (2.59) | ||
| 2007 | 44.7 | (0.98) | 14.9 | (0.70) | 20.1 | (0.79) | 8.9 | (0.56) | 78.3 | (2.26) | 6.4 | (1.34) | 23.1 | (2.31) | 48.5 | (2.74) | ||
| 2008 | 44.1 | (0.96) | 15.1 | (0.70) | 19.2 | (0.76) | 8.8 | (0.55) | 83.9 | (2.25) | 9.3 | (1.78) | 24.7 | (2.64) | 49.5 | (3.06) | ||
| 2009 | 40.6 | (0.91) | 14.7 | (0.66) | 18.7 | (0.73) | 5.8 | (0.44) | 78.7 | (2.45) | 11.1 | (1.88) | 25.7 | (2.61) | 39.8 | (2.92) | ||
| 2010 | 40.8 | (1.27) | 15.2 | (0.88) | 18.0 | (0.93) | 6.6 | (0.64) | 70.4 | (3.58) | 10.5 | (2.04) | 26.9 | (2.82) | 32.1 | (3.59) | ||
| 2011 | 41.0 | (1.20) | 15.0 | (0.91) | 17.6 | (0.85) | 7.4 | (0.63) | 77.5 | (3.27) | 7.8 | (1.65) | 28.4 | (3.18) | 39.7 | (3.29) | ||
| Private 4-year institutions | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 38.1 | (2.04) | 24.0 | (1.79) | 9.9 | (1.25) | 3.5 | (0.77) | 89.9 | (4.59) | ‡ | (†) | 31.9 | (7.12) | 53.1 | (7.62) | ||
| 1995 | 38.6 | (1.78) | 21.6 | (1.51) | 10.7 | (1.13) | 4.6 | (0.77) | 80.1 | (4.85) | 14.9 | (4.32) | 26.8 | (5.38) | 36.5 | (5.84) | ||
| 2000 | 45.8 | (1.88) | 23.6 | (1.60) | 14.9 | (1.34) | 5.4 | (0.85) | 78.0 | (5.36) | ‡ | (†) | 18.5 | (5.02) | 52.6 | (6.46) | ||
| 2001 | 38.7 | (1.76) | 19.7 | (1.44) | 11.6 | (1.16) | 6.3 | (0.88) | 83.6 | (4.64) | 7.9 | ! | (3.38) | 23.3 | (5.29) | 51.6 | (6.26) | |
| 2002 | 39.8 | (1.73) | 17.4 | (1.34) | 15.1 | (1.27) | 6.0 | (0.84) | 77.6 | (5.10) | 16.6 | (4.55) | 17.4 | (4.64) | 42.1 | (6.04) | ||
| 2003 | 41.1 | (1.81) | 19.0 | (1.44) | 12.8 | (1.23) | 8.4 | (1.02) | 69.2 | (4.85) | 9.3 | ! | (3.06) | 17.5 | (3.99) | 40.7 | (5.16) | |
| 2004 | 40.6 | (1.68) | 19.6 | (1.36) | 15.0 | (1.22) | 5.3 | (0.76) | 73.0 | (5.59) | ‡ | (†) | 21.2 | (5.15) | 49.2 | (6.30) | ||
| 2005 | 42.3 | (1.64) | 20.1 | (1.33) | 13.8 | (1.15) | 7.0 | (0.85) | 88.5 | (3.32) | 10.6 | ! | (3.20) | 34.5 | (4.94) | 43.2 | (5.15) | |
| 2006 | 36.9 | (1.71) | 18.1 | (1.36) | 12.4 | (1.17) | 5.1 | (0.78) | 83.0 | (4.31) | 6.1 | ! | (2.75) | 21.0 | (4.67) | 55.9 | (5.70) | |
| 2007 | 38.7 | (1.70) | 18.0 | (1.34) | 13.0 | (1.18) | 6.7 | (0.87) | 83.9 | (4.55) | ‡ | (†) | 14.3 | ! | (4.34) | 61.2 | (6.04) | |
| 2008 | 38.0 | (1.68) | 18.5 | (1.35) | 12.4 | (1.14) | 5.6 | (0.80) | 84.4 | (4.44) | ‡ | (†) | 21.4 | (5.01) | 55.3 | (6.08) | ||
| 2009 | 35.2 | (1.64) | 18.6 | (1.33) | 10.7 | (1.06) | 5.1 | (0.76) | 93.9 | (2.89) | 7.5 | ! | (3.17) | 22.1 | (5.00) | 62.4 | (5.84) | |
| 2010 | 35.6 | (2.37) | 15.7 | (1.63) | 12.2 | (1.52) | 6.0 | (1.08) | 78.6 | (7.00) | ‡ | (†) | 23.4 | ! | (7.49) | 45.6 | (9.01) | |
| 2011 | 36.3 | (2.07) | 20.0 | (1.61) | 10.1 | (1.34) | 4.5 | (0.82) | 79.4 | (6.01) | ‡ | (†) | 34.2 | (7.03) | 38.2 | (7.67) | ||
| Public 2-year institutions | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | 61.2 | (2.09) | 19.1 | (1.69) | 31.2 | (1.99) | 9.2 | (1.24) | 81.5 | (2.33) | 4.1 | (1.20) | 24.9 | (2.60) | 51.1 | (3.01) | ||
| 1995 | 52.9 | (1.97) | 15.6 | (1.43) | 25.3 | (1.72) | 10.9 | (1.23) | 81.1 | (2.21) | 6.1 | (1.35) | 32.5 | (2.64) | 40.5 | (2.77) | ||
| 2000 | 63.9 | (1.79) | 20.6 | (1.51) | 29.9 | (1.71) | 11.9 | (1.21) | 85.5 | (2.09) | 9.9 | (1.77) | 30.0 | (2.72) | 44.9 | (2.95) | ||
| 2001 | 58.1 | (1.75) | 18.0 | (1.36) | 28.0 | (1.60) | 10.6 | (1.10) | 83.2 | (1.95) | 8.9 | (1.49) | 25.2 | (2.26) | 47.4 | (2.61) | ||
| 2002 | 55.1 | (1.75) | 17.4 | (1.33) | 26.3 | (1.55) | 11.0 | (1.10) | 79.2 | (2.15) | 8.6 | (1.49) | 29.8 | (2.42) | 39.6 | (2.59) | ||
| 2003 | 54.7 | (1.74) | 15.4 | (1.26) | 28.1 | (1.57) | 10.3 | (1.06) | 80.6 | (1.96) | 6.6 | (1.23) | 29.6 | (2.26) | 43.4 | (2.45) | ||
| 2004 | 55.1 | (1.71) | 17.0 | (1.30) | 27.1 | (1.53) | 10.3 | (1.05) | 81.9 | (2.14) | 9.0 | (1.59) | 28.7 | (2.51) | 43.1 | (2.75) | ||
| 2005 | 54.2 | (1.69) | 15.6 | (1.23) | 24.2 | (1.46) | 13.4 | (1.16) | 82.0 | (2.20) | 10.8 | (1.77) | 25.8 | (2.50) | 44.8 | (2.84) | ||
| 2006 | 55.3 | (1.66) | 15.8 | (1.22) | 28.8 | (1.52) | 9.2 | (0.97) | 80.7 | (2.26) | 8.2 | (1.57) | 30.0 | (2.62) | 42.2 | (2.82) | ||
| 2007 | 54.0 | (1.55) | 15.2 | (1.11) | 28.7 | (1.41) | 9.6 | (0.91) | 83.4 | (1.98) | 7.1 | (1.36) | 33.7 | (2.51) | 40.9 | (2.61) | ||
| 2008 | 52.9 | (1.43) | 14.6 | (1.01) | 26.9 | (1.27) | 10.7 | (0.89) | 74.8 | (2.29) | 9.7 | (1.56) | 25.9 | (2.31) | 37.8 | (2.56) | ||
| 2009 | 45.4 | (1.45) | 16.0 | (1.07) | 20.5 | (1.18) | 7.8 | (0.78) | 71.8 | (2.36) | 10.3 | (1.60) | 30.6 | (2.42) | 29.4 | (2.39) | ||
| 2010 | 40.6 | (1.90) | 14.0 | (1.20) | 19.1 | (1.50) | 6.8 | (0.78) | 74.7 | (2.51) | 11.6 | (1.93) | 30.1 | (2.86) | 31.0 | (3.08) | ||
| 2011 | 45.6 | (2.00) | 14.7 | (1.45) | 22.1 | (1.47) | 8.1 | (1.01) | 73.6 | (2.58) | 11.3 | (1.73) | 27.5 | (3.12) | 32.4 | (3.21) | ||
| †Not applicable. | ||||||||||||||||||
| !Interpret data with caution. The coefficient of variation (CV) for this estimate is between 30 and 50 percent. | ||||||||||||||||||
| ‡Reporting standards not met. Either there are too few cases for a reliable estimate or the coefficient of variation (CV) is 50 percent or greater. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 Excludes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week; therefore, detail may not sum to total percentage employed. "Hours worked per week" refers to the number of hours worked at all jobs during the survey week. | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 Includes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week. | ||||||||||||||||||
| NOTE: Students were classified as full time if they were taking at least 12 hours of classes (or at least 9 hours of graduate classes) during an average school week and as part time if they were taking fewer hours. | ||||||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October, selected years, 1970 through 2011. (This table was prepared November 2012.) |
