TABLE 7I.  AGE 55 OR HIGHER: OCCUPATION BY EDUCATION AND FIELD, 1996

Source: U.S. Census Bureau
Internet Release Date:  April 10, 2001

Employed people age 55 and over
Numbers in thousands.

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|Highest Degree and Field      |                                  Occupational category                                  |
|                              |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                              |         |         |Technical|         |         |         |         |         |         |
|                              |Manager- |Profess- |   and   |         |         |         |         |         |Producti-|
|                              |   ial   |  ional  | related |  Sales  |Clerical | Service | Farming |  Craft  |   on    |
|------------------------------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------+---------|
|TOTAL                         |    2,845|    2,441|      273|    2,186|    2,590|    2,352|      880|    1,554|    2,355|
|Less than high school         |      206|       60|       14|      249|      233|      844|      347|      413|      959|
|High school graduate          |      719|      195|       88|      773|    1,060|      931|      316|      719|      930|
|Some college                  |      593|      212|       37|      487|      674|      257|       87|      199|      271|
|Vocational certificate        |      120|       97|       21|       92|      115|      102|       22|       93|       35|
|  Business                    |       46|       10|        -|       33|       43|       11|        7|       12|       12|
|  Computer, technical         |       11|        6|        3|        3|       13|        8|        2|       24|        -|
|  Vocational                  |       26|       65|       14|       31|       43|       54|        7|       23|       18|
|  Other                       |       38|       16|        4|       25|       15|       29|        6|       34|        5|
|Associate degree              |      142|      143|       37|       84|      159|       80|       17|       82|       39|
|  Business                    |       56|        8|        5|       36|       61|       17|        3|       13|       11|
|  Engineering                 |        4|       17|        4|        6|        8|        4|        3|       15|        1|
|  Arts,sciences               |       48|       74|       28|       21|       38|       23|        -|        8|       17|
|  Education                   |        3|        9|        -|        3|       19|       10|        -|        2|        -|
|  Vocational                  |       12|        7|        -|        3|        8|       15|        8|       33|        4|
|  Other                       |       19|       27|        -|       14|       24|       10|        3|       12|        6|
|Bachelor's degree             |      645|      646|       61|      340|      277|       96|       61|       41|       92|
|  Business                    |      244|       66|        6|      123|       53|        7|       17|        8|       27|
|  Engineering                 |      104|      111|       11|       56|        8|        7|       10|       10|        4|
|  Arts, sciences              |      167|      262|       34|      104|      109|       36|       19|       10|       38|
|  Education                   |       61|      130|        3|       29|       77|       20|       12|        7|       15|
|  Other                       |       68|       76|        6|       28|       31|       26|        3|        7|        9|
|Advanced degree               |      419|    1,088|       16|      161|       72|       41|       30|        7|       29|
|  Business                    |      114|       48|        -|       56|        4|        9|        7|        -|        4|
|  Engineering                 |       56|       71|        3|       16|        3|        -|        2|        -|       10|
|  Arts, sciences              |      111|      589|        6|       47|       26|        8|        6|        -|        9|
|  Education                   |       98|      256|        6|       25|       24|       17|       15|        -|        4|
|  Other                       |       40|      124|        -|       17|       16|        6|        2|        7|        4|
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- Indicates value of zero
Data Source: Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel