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From the BLS PDF: >Full-time workers continued to be much less likely to be among the working poor than were part- time workers. Among people in the labor forc
by ryan_j_naughton 10y ago
From the BLS PDF:
>Full-time workers continued to be much less likely
to be among the working poor than were part-
time workers. Among people in the labor force
for 27 weeks or more, 4.1 percent of those usually
employed full time were classified as working
poor, compared with 15.8 percent of part-time
workers.
That doesn't imply choice. Their clearly can and is a positive correlation between working part time and being unable to find full time work.
- yummyfajitas 10y agoIf only the BLS thought of this - then they might have included this data in Table 1. From that table we could then learn that 20% of the working poor (or about 7% of poor adults) are in this situation. The number which implies choice is actually in paragraph 1, however: only 35% of poor adults worked or looked for work for at least 27 weeks/year. The remainder chose to engage in other non-work activities.