Figure 25
Employed Workers with Alternative and Traditional Work Arrangements by Selected Characteristics(In thousands) February 1995
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics

                                                                                  Workers
                                 ----Workers with Alternative Arrangements-----   with
                                               On-Call   --Workers Provided by--  Traditional
                        Total    Independent   and Day     Temporary    Contract  Arrange-
Characteristic        Employed   Contractors   Laborers    Help Firm    Firms     ments

AGE AND SEX
  Total, 16+ years     123,208      8,309       2,078       1,181        652     111,052
  16 to 24 years        18,056        322         426         295         99      16,916
  25 to 44 years        66,251      4,198       1,003         654        406	  60,036
  45 to 64 years        35,350      3,230         517         211        121      31,282
  65 years and over      3,551        559         132          21         27	   2,817

MEN, 16+ years          66,290      5,595       1,042         557        466      58,678
  16 to 24 years         9,454        206         239         170         51       8,790
  25 to 44 years        35,883      2,797         515         289        318      31,999
  45 to 64 years        18,881      2,184         217          85         71      16,331
  65 years and over      2,072        409          70          13         27       1,559
 
WOMEN, 16+ years        56,918      2,714       1,036         624        186      52,373
  16 to 24 years         8,602        117         187         125         47       8,127
  25 to 44 years        30,368      1,401         489         365         88      28,038
  45 to 64 years        16,469      1,046         299         125         51      14,950
  65 years and over      1,479        150          63           9          -       1,258

RACE AND HISPANIC ORIGIN
  White                105,239      7,671       1,745         859        541      94,473
  Black                 13,108        416         229         257         76      12,143
  Hispanic origin       10,441        431         259         134         55       9,566

FULL- OR PART-TIME STATUS
  Full-time workers     99,240      6,179         945         938        548      90,683
  Part-time workers     23,968      2,130       1,134         242        104      20,368

Note: Detail may not sum to total employed because a small number of workers are both "on call" and "provided by contract firms." Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the "other races" group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.