Percentage of 16- and 17-year-old students who were employed, by sex and hours worked per week: Selected years, October 1980 through 2009

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Table 25.	Percentage of 16- and 17-year-old students who were employed, by sex and hours worked per week: Selected years, October 1980 through 2009

Year	Total	Males	Females
	Percent employed¹
1980	34.6	35.2	34.0
1985	30.8	30.1	31.4
1990	30.9	31.0	30.8
1995	32.9	31.9	34.1
2000	33.3	32.2	34.4
2002	29.2	26.4	32.0
2003	25.2	24.3	26.1
2005	25.2	23.8	26.6
2007	24.8	23.5	26.2
2009	15.4	14.1	16.7
	Percent employed less than 15 hours per week²
1980	14.8	14.6	15.0
1985	12.5	11.5	13.5
1990	12.6	11.9	13.3
1995	13.2	12.2	14.4
2000	12.8	12.1	13.6
2002	12.0	10.7	13.3
2003	9.8	9.1	10.5
2005	10.7	9.7	11.6
2007	11.3	10.4	12.3
2009	7.9	6.9	8.8
	Percent employed 15 or more hours per week²
1980	18.9	19.5	18.1
1985	17.4	17.7	17.2
1990	17.6	18.4	16.7
1995	18.5	18.4	18.6
2000	19.3	19.3	19.2
2002	16.2	14.8	17.7
2003	14.4	14.3	14.5
2005	13.5	13.6	13.5
2007	12.9	12.4	13.4
2009	6.7	6.2	7.1

¹Includes those who were employed but not at work during the survey week.
² 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; therefore, detail may not sum to the total percentage employed.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Commerce, Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (CPS), October Supplement, selected years, 1980–2009.