TABLE 2E.  MONTHS WORKED OUT OF THE LAST FOUR BY EDUCATION, SEX, RACE AND ETHNICITY, AND AGE, 1996



Source: U.S. Census Bureau

Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001



All people age 18 and over

Average months worked of last four months.



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|Characteristic         |                                      Highest Level Completed                                      |

|                       |---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|                       |         |         |  High   |         |         | Assoc-  |  Bach-  |         |Profess- | Doctor- |

|                       |  Elem-  |Some high| school  |  Some   |  Voca-  |  iate   | elor's  |Master's |  ional  |   ate   |

|                       | entary  | school  |graduate | college | tional  | degree  | degree  | degree  | degree  | degree  |

|-----------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|

|TOTAL                  |      1.3|      1.9|      2.6|      2.9|      2.9|      3.2|      3.2|      3.3|      3.3|      3.3|

|Sex                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  Men                  |      1.7|      2.3|      3.0|      3.1|      3.3|      3.5|      3.4|      3.4|      3.5|      3.3|

|  Women                |      0.8|      1.5|      2.2|      2.7|      2.6|      3.0|      3.0|      3.2|      2.9|      3.2|

|Race and ethnicity     |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  White                |      1.3|      1.9|      2.6|      2.9|      2.9|      3.2|      3.2|      3.3|      3.3|      3.3|

|   Non-Hispanic        |      0.9|      1.9|      2.6|      2.9|      2.8|      3.2|      3.2|      3.3|      3.3|      3.3|

|  Black                |      0.8|      1.7|      2.5|      3.0|      3.1|      3.2|      3.3|      3.3|        B|        B|

|  Hispanic*            |      2.0|      2.3|      2.8|      3.1|      3.1|      3.0|      3.3|      3.6|      3.4|        B|

|Age                    |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |         |

|  18 to 29 years old   |      2.1|      2.2|      3.0|      3.1|      3.4|      3.4|      3.4|      3.5|      3.4|        B|

|  30 to 49 years old   |      2.2|      2.6|      3.2|      3.4|      3.4|      3.5|      3.6|      3.7|      3.7|      3.8|

|  50 years old & over  |      0.8|      1.2|      1.6|      1.9|      1.8|      2.2|      2.2|      2.6|      2.6|      2.8|

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B Base is less than 100,000

* Hispanics may be of any race

Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel