TABLE 1 A LOOK BEHIND AN AGGREGATE FACT In the United States, 1950-2000 ----------------------------------------------- Average Hours/ Employment/ Year Hours Worker Population, % ----------------------------------------------- 1950 | 22.34 42.40 52.69 1960 | 21.55 40.24 53.55 1970 | 21.15 38.83 54.47 1980 | 22.07 39.01 56.59 1990 | 23.86 39.74 60.04 2000 | 23.94 40.46 59.17 ----------------------------------------------- % Change | 7.18 -4.56 12.30 1950-2000| ----------------------------------------------- TABLES 8-10 EXTRAPOLATED LIFE-CYCLE PROFILES OF HOURS WORKED U.S. Census Data Extrapolated as Explained in Appendix D TABLE 8: TOTAL ----------------------------------------------------------------- Average Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) Year ------------------------------------------------------ born 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1866-75 23.78 19.93 23.37 23.37 22.27 14.29 3.90 1876-85 22.70 20.94 24.33 24.47 22.53 11.99 2.99 1886-95 21.64 22.07 25.12 25.45 22.16 8.43 2.21 1896-1905 20.79 22.96 26.00 26.31 22.60 6.95 1.45 1906-15 19.47 23.97 27.24 27.76 23.30 5.11 1.24 1916-25 18.44 25.48 27.50 28.40 21.06 5.18 1.55 1926-35 18.23 25.60 28.61 28.90 21.03 5.72 1.33 1936-45 15.50 27.00 30.98 32.15 22.53 5.32 1.29 1946-55 15.37 30.03 33.64 32.53 22.27 5.39 1.31 1956-65 17.62 32.18 32.62 33.90 22.67 5.45 1.23 1966-75 17.35 31.64 33.95 35.57 23.22 5.36 1.19 1976-85 16.33 33.19 34.94 36.71 23.46 5.38 1.16 ----------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 9: MALES ----------------------------------------------------------------- Average Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) Year ------------------------------------------------------ born 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1866-75 37.73 41.75 44.05 42.12 39.06 25.10 7.39 1876-85 35.34 41.43 43.49 41.44 37.49 20.74 5.15 1886-95 32.95 41.03 42.87 40.88 35.35 13.32 3.65 1896-1905 30.79 40.78 42.37 40.17 33.65 10.77 2.62 1906-15 28.19 40.47 41.82 39.40 32.78 7.65 2.23 1916-25 25.76 39.84 41.01 39.19 28.94 7.30 2.70 1926-35 24.32 40.01 40.86 38.04 27.06 7.69 2.38 1936-45 20.39 39.55 40.18 38.60 27.20 6.66 2.30 1946-55 18.46 37.93 39.83 37.19 25.33 6.33 2.33 1956-65 20.00 37.96 37.93 36.52 24.13 6.01 2.20 1966-75 19.01 36.39 36.96 36.01 23.16 5.45 2.14 1976-85 17.74 35.34 35.88 35.15 21.81 5.05 2.09 ----------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 10: FEMALES ----------------------------------------------------------------- Average Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) Year ------------------------------------------------------ born 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ----------------------------------------------------------------- 1866-75 10.42 0.00 2.78 3.76 4.38 4.04 1.00 1876-85 10.59 1.38 5.35 6.95 6.98 3.82 1.37 1886-95 10.79 3.97 7.69 9.82 8.77 4.23 1.27 1896-1905 11.18 5.95 10.04 12.47 12.31 3.95 0.81 1906-15 11.08 8.25 13.07 16.49 14.78 3.17 0.70 1916-25 11.41 11.76 14.71 18.46 14.16 3.54 0.88 1926-35 12.36 11.90 17.10 20.41 15.67 4.09 0.76 1936-45 10.77 15.13 22.13 26.06 18.21 4.14 0.74 1946-55 12.39 22.29 27.62 28.00 19.35 4.47 0.75 1956-65 15.20 26.41 27.33 31.18 21.08 4.78 0.70 1966-75 15.63 26.76 30.74 34.77 22.89 5.00 0.69 1976-85 14.84 30.63 33.61 37.67 24.45 5.29 0.67 ----------------------------------------------------------------- TABLE 2 DISAGGREGATING FIRST BY SEX Average Weekly Hours Worked per Person and per Worker and the employment-to-population ratio ----------------------------------------------- a. Average Hours ------------------------------------- Total Sex Year Population Males Females ----------------------------------------------- 1950 | 22.34 34.18 10.87 1960 | 21.55 31.93 11.84 1970 | 21.15 29.75 13.38 1980 | 22.07 28.70 16.02 1990 | 23.86 29.11 19.03 2000 | 23.94 28.34 19.78 ----------------------------------------------- % Change | 7.18 -17.09 81.98 1950-2000| ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- b. Hours per Worker ------------------------------------- Total Sex Year Population Males Females ----------------------------------------------- 1950 | 42.40 44.00 38.19 1960 | 40.24 42.45 35.67 1970 | 38.83 41.33 34.70 1980 | 39.01 41.84 35.10 1990 | 39.74 42.59 36.30 2000 | 40.46 43.27 37.15 ----------------------------------------------- % Change | -4.56 -1.65 -2.73 1950-2000| ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------- c. Employment-to-Population Ratio, in % ------------------------------------- Total Sex Year Population Males Females ----------------------------------------------- 1950 | 52.69 77.69 28.46 1960 | 53.55 75.22 33.20 1970 | 54.47 71.98 38.55 1980 | 56.59 68.60 45.64 1990 | 60.04 68.35 52.42 2000 | 59.17 65.49 53.25 ----------------------------------------------- % Change | 12.30 -15.70 87.10 1950-2000| ----------------------------------------------- TABLES 3-5 AND THEN BY AGE Table 3: TOTAL ------------------------------------------------------------------- a. Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 18.23 25.48 27.24 26.31 22.16 11.99 3.90 1960 | 15.50 25.60 27.50 27.76 22.60 8.43 2.99 1970 | 15.37 27.00 28.61 28.40 23.30 6.95 2.21 1980 | 17.62 30.03 30.98 28.90 21.06 5.11 1.45 1990 | 17.35 32.18 33.64 32.15 21.03 5.18 1.24 2000 | 16.33 31.64 32.62 32.53 22.53 5.72 1.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -10.46 24.16 19.73 23.63 1.65 -52.28 -60.22 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Weekly Hours Worked per Worker by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 39.46 42.89 43.41 43.33 42.76 41.32 38.19 1960 | 34.62 41.77 41.87 41.61 40.69 36.03 33.69 1970 | 33.11 40.67 40.95 40.73 39.82 33.34 31.97 1980 | 34.57 40.65 41.01 40.80 39.58 31.15 29.35 1990 | 33.32 41.45 41.78 41.70 39.37 31.10 28.12 2000 | 32.83 42.18 42.52 42.56 40.30 30.56 27.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -16.81 -1.65 -2.06 -1.79 -5.75 -26.03 -28.55 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- c. Employment-to-Population Ratio by Age, in % (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 46.22 59.41 62.75 60.72 51.83 29.03 10.21 1960 | 44.77 61.30 65.68 66.71 55.55 23.41 8.88 1970 | 46.42 66.40 69.86 69.73 58.50 20.84 6.91 1980 | 50.95 73.88 75.52 70.83 53.22 16.41 4.96 1990 | 52.09 77.63 80.50 77.10 53.42 16.66 4.39 2000 | 49.74 75.01 76.71 76.43 55.90 18.73 5.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 7.62 26.25 22.25 25.88 7.85 -35.48 -44.33 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 4: MALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- a. Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 24.32 39.84 41.82 40.17 35.35 20.74 7.39 1960 | 20.39 40.01 41.01 39.40 33.65 13.32 5.15 1970 | 18.46 39.55 40.86 39.19 32.78 10.77 3.65 1980 | 20.00 37.93 40.18 38.04 28.94 7.65 2.62 1990 | 19.01 37.96 39.83 38.60 27.06 7.30 2.23 2000 | 17.74 36.39 37.93 37.19 27.20 7.69 2.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -27.05 -8.64 -9.30 -7.41 -23.07 -62.92 -63.50 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Weekly Hours Worked per Worker by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 40.75 44.51 45.25 45.01 43.99 42.08 38.54 1960 | 35.65 43.95 44.53 44.00 42.61 37.39 34.07 1970 | 33.92 43.36 44.12 43.45 42.01 34.69 32.41 1980 | 36.51 43.48 44.51 43.90 42.23 32.91 30.34 1990 | 35.29 44.25 45.18 44.80 42.18 32.95 29.38 2000 | 34.95 44.77 45.80 45.45 43.02 32.56 28.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -14.22 0.60 1.20 0.98 -2.19 -22.64 -24.82 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- c. Employment-to-Population Ratio by Age, in % (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 59.68 89.50 92.42 89.24 80.37 49.28 19.18 1960 | 57.21 91.03 92.10 89.53 78.97 35.63 15.11 1970 | 54.43 91.21 92.61 90.19 78.03 31.05 11.25 1980 | 54.79 87.24 90.28 86.66 68.54 23.25 8.63 1990 | 53.88 85.80 88.15 86.17 64.15 22.16 7.59 2000 | 50.76 81.28 82.83 81.82 63.21 23.62 9.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -14.96 -9.18 -10.37 -8.31 -21.35 -52.07 -51.45 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- Table 5: FEMALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- a. Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 12.36 11.76 13.07 12.47 8.77 3.82 1.00 1960 | 10.77 11.90 14.71 16.49 12.31 4.23 1.37 1970 | 12.39 15.13 17.10 18.46 14.78 3.95 1.27 1980 | 15.20 22.29 22.13 20.41 14.16 3.17 0.81 1990 | 15.63 26.41 27.62 26.06 15.67 3.54 0.70 2000 | 14.84 26.76 27.33 28.00 18.21 4.09 0.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 20.05 127.58 109.15 124.53 107.52 7.11 -11.83 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- b. Weekly Hours Worked per Worker by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 37.32 38.38 38.52 38.68 38.38 37.81 36.13 1960 | 33.06 36.13 36.21 36.95 36.50 32.80 32.63 1970 | 32.12 35.32 35.30 36.26 36.07 30.77 31.16 1980 | 32.29 36.63 36.06 36.35 35.57 28.33 27.68 1990 | 31.10 37.99 37.79 38.02 35.71 28.53 26.17 2000 | 30.48 38.97 38.66 39.29 37.04 27.87 24.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -18.31 1.53 0.39 1.58 -3.49 -26.28 -31.89 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------- c. Employment-to-Population Ratio by Age, in % (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 33.12 30.63 33.92 32.24 22.86 10.11 2.77 1960 | 32.59 32.92 40.64 44.63 33.72 12.89 4.21 1970 | 38.59 42.83 48.43 50.89 40.97 12.83 4.07 1980 | 47.08 60.85 61.38 56.16 39.80 11.19 2.93 1990 | 50.24 69.52 73.09 68.56 43.88 12.41 2.67 2000 | 48.67 68.66 70.68 71.26 49.16 14.69 3.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 46.97 124.16 108.35 121.04 115.03 45.30 29.45 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- TABLES 6-7 A MORE COMPREHENSIVE DISTRIBUTION OF HOURS WORKED PER PERSON * Average Weekly Hours Worked per Person for Sets of Demographic Categories in the United States, 1950-2000 TABLE 6: MARRIED... a. MARRIED MALES, SPOUSE PRESENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 39.68 42.20 43.46 42.06 37.62 23.39 9.74 1960 | 39.50 42.33 42.77 41.21 35.77 14.74 6.23 1970 | 37.18 41.86 42.58 40.88 34.73 11.65 4.31 1980 | 37.80 41.00 42.01 39.79 30.53 8.15 3.07 1990 | 38.75 42.52 42.88 40.88 28.68 7.69 2.56 2000 | 37.17 40.99 41.88 40.39 29.17 8.15 3.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -6.34 -2.85 -3.64 -3.98 -22.47 -65.17 -68.54 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- b. MARRIED FEMALES, SPOUSE PRESENT ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 9.03 7.93 9.43 8.43 4.42 1.67 0.52 1960 | 10.00 9.10 12.35 13.56 8.66 2.27 0.98 1970 | 14.72 12.31 15.07 16.29 11.81 2.56 1.24 1980 | 18.95 19.25 20.13 18.61 12.19 2.44 0.79 1990 | 21.75 24.36 25.95 24.51 14.00 2.84 0.70 2000 | 20.49 24.49 26.03 27.27 16.99 3.38 1.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 126.90 208.72 175.91 223.61 284.91 101.90 97.71 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- c. MARRIED FEMALES, S.P., YOUNGEST < 6 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 3.56 3.66 3.84 3.73 5.07 1.24 0.00 1960 | 5.74 5.78 6.04 7.55 6.79 2.73 5.99 1970 | 9.01 8.41 8.58 9.18 9.82 6.41 7.64 1980 | 12.20 13.92 13.21 12.47 10.56 6.77 14.26 1990 | 16.03 19.78 19.94 18.91 13.32 7.31 9.27 2000 | 15.96 20.10 20.63 20.48 14.62 3.62 3.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 348.79 449.20 437.30 448.57 188.44 191.87 Infinit 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- d. MARRIED FEMALES, S.P., YOUNGEST 6-17 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 10.25 10.45 9.50 6.79 4.07 3.49 15.30 1960 | 12.33 13.41 13.74 11.91 9.15 4.00 14.10 1970 | 16.01 16.02 16.04 14.66 11.53 8.88 17.71 1980 | 20.04 21.46 20.60 17.32 12.46 5.01 9.17 1990 | 23.98 25.49 26.33 23.52 15.47 6.20 10.78 2000 | 21.98 25.77 26.83 26.50 18.95 5.97 2.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 114.37 146.71 182.49 290.48 365.98 71.14 -83.16 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- e. MARRIED MALES, S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 28.49 32.06 33.19 31.44 27.04 17.25 6.04 1960 | 28.01 31.05 30.63 29.92 24.61 9.61 3.54 1970 | 29.06 32.10 32.53 30.62 25.02 8.73 2.80 1980 | 27.41 31.22 32.81 30.27 21.79 6.20 1.82 1990 | 26.51 30.61 31.10 31.22 22.24 6.43 1.55 2000 | 13.50 23.33 24.44 25.71 19.31 6.40 1.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -52.60 -27.22 -26.39 -18.23 -28.56 -62.88 -75.71 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- f. MARRIED FEMALES, S.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 15.22 19.46 21.73 19.32 14.22 4.71 1.07 1960 | 14.59 17.75 20.72 20.83 15.83 4.50 1.65 1970 | 16.47 18.51 20.68 21.38 16.93 5.11 1.74 1980 | 17.30 22.65 23.46 21.71 15.67 3.67 0.67 1990 | 16.85 23.35 26.46 25.37 16.23 4.20 0.89 2000 | 13.13 23.62 24.95 24.20 15.77 3.80 0.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -13.75 21.40 14.85 25.26 10.87 -19.25 -60.25 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- * See website for a decomposition of Hours Worked per Person into per Worker and Employment-to-Population Ratio TABLE 7: ...AND NOT MARRIED a. SINGLE MALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 20.02 32.81 34.14 32.07 27.19 15.44 6.00 1960 | 14.92 31.99 30.78 29.19 24.35 9.74 5.07 1970 | 13.37 30.86 30.21 28.08 22.28 8.74 4.25 1980 | 16.58 31.80 30.26 27.21 19.90 6.12 2.30 1990 | 16.75 32.86 30.88 27.25 18.18 5.99 2.21 2000 | 16.25 33.29 30.68 27.81 19.12 6.42 3.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -18.80 1.48 -10.15 -13.28 -29.69 -58.42 -39.54 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- b. SINGLE FEMALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 14.25 30.64 30.53 28.61 22.72 10.31 3.14 1960 | 10.76 29.46 29.49 29.07 24.40 10.62 3.40 1970 | 10.66 28.76 27.69 27.63 24.30 8.34 3.11 1980 | 13.54 30.28 28.89 26.73 20.60 5.20 1.36 1990 | 14.17 30.75 30.99 28.30 19.11 5.23 1.17 2000 | 13.86 30.52 29.56 28.53 19.67 5.43 1.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -2.76 -0.39 -3.17 -0.27 -13.41 -47.36 -51.83 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- c. WIDOWED MALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 21.14 34.11 36.28 34.18 29.13 14.94 4.61 1960 | 24.38 32.76 31.81 32.16 25.98 9.24 3.58 1970 | 22.11 33.09 33.45 31.81 25.19 7.57 2.16 1980 | 22.86 28.58 31.44 30.14 21.16 5.17 1.70 1990 | 16.75 28.14 29.93 29.64 18.63 5.06 1.43 2000 | 6.54 16.76 24.76 27.43 18.46 5.10 1.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -69.06 -50.87 -31.76 -19.75 -36.63 -65.85 -63.95 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- d. WIDOWED FEMALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 17.15 21.68 23.89 20.09 12.93 4.29 0.83 1960 | 15.65 17.65 22.82 23.36 15.71 4.72 1.18 1970 | 20.03 22.58 21.89 23.49 18.01 4.14 0.97 1980 | 14.31 18.35 21.43 21.99 15.86 3.34 0.73 1990 | 10.31 19.35 24.83 25.23 15.48 3.64 0.60 2000 | 8.65 18.20 23.40 24.71 16.02 3.99 0.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -49.57 -16.09 -2.04 22.98 23.87 -6.93 -11.43 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- e. DIVORCED MALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 33.24 35.49 35.62 32.93 28.73 15.72 11.56 1960 | 31.00 32.98 32.73 29.77 25.83 9.78 4.95 1970 | 29.88 34.81 33.65 31.20 24.34 8.36 5.17 1980 | 31.63 34.96 35.83 32.15 22.60 6.55 2.79 1990 | 32.37 35.76 35.36 33.61 22.62 6.93 2.55 2000 | 30.29 36.10 35.44 32.86 23.67 7.60 3.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | -8.88 1.73 -0.51 -0.23 -17.60 -51.62 -70.61 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- F. DIVORCED FEMALES ------------------------------------------------------------------- Weekly Hours Worked per Person by Age (in Years) --------------------------------------------------------- Year 15-24 25-34 35-44 45-54 55-64 65-74 75-99 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 25.56 28.71 30.66 27.32 21.99 10.07 1.94 1960 | 24.23 27.75 29.90 29.54 24.10 9.18 2.48 1970 | 26.57 27.32 29.81 29.68 24.90 8.26 2.52 1980 | 25.05 30.05 31.37 29.81 23.16 5.85 1.59 1990 | 24.21 30.18 33.76 32.65 24.21 6.71 1.54 2000 | 25.70 30.94 32.24 32.03 24.62 7.46 1.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 0.56 7.74 5.14 17.23 11.95 -25.97 2.10 1950-2000| ------------------------------------------------------------------- APPENDIX B A DECOMPOSITION OF AVERAGE WEEKLY HOURS WORKED PER PERSON ----------------------------------------------------------- Hours per Person Recalculated With ---------------------------------- Actual Hours 1950 1950 Year per Person Weights Hours ----------------------------------------------------------- 1950 | 22.34 22.33 22.33 1960 | 21.55 21.97 21.83 1970 | 21.15 22.51 21.19 1980 | 22.07 23.67 21.30 1990 | 23.86 25.43 21.76 2000 | 23.94 25.23 22.02 ----------------------------------------------------------- % Change | 7.18 13.01 -1.36 1950-2000| -----------------------------------------------------------