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Table 1 Means for single and multiple job workers, selected variables

From: Multiple job holding, local labor markets, and the business cycle

Variable name

Single job workers

Multiple job workers

MSA unemployment rate

0.061

0.059

MSA log employment growth (monthly)

0.0006

0.0006

Weekly hours, primary job

39.76

37.17

Weekly hours, second job

14.34

Hourly real earnings, primary job (2013$)

22.62

22.92

Proportion hourly workers in primary job

0.558

0.584

Primary job skill index, SK1†a

0.073

0.205

Secondary job skill index, SK2†a

-0.083

Primary job working conditions index, WC1†a

-0.050

-0.168

Secondary job working conditions index, WC2†a

-0.114

Household kid ages 0–5

0.203

0.173

Household kid ages 6–17

0.346

0.336

Female

0.476

0.501

Non-Hispanic White

0.651

0.728

Non-Hispanic Black

0.124

0.121

Non-Hispanic other

0.067

0.054

Hispanic

0.158

0.097

Married, spouse present

0.561

0.528

Never married

0.278

0.286

Foreign born, citizen

0.072

0.056

Foreign born, non-citizen

0.106

0.057

Age <25

0.108

0.107

Age 25–34

0.255

0.248

Age 35–54

0.502

0.518

Age 55+

0.136

0.126

High school degree

0.288

0.212

Some college, no degree

0.187

0.211

Associates degree

0.095

0.116

BA degree

0.224

0.260

Graduate or professional degree

0.110

0.158

Public sector, primary job

0.155

0.230

Union member

0.134

0.164

Sample size

1,757,547

93,210

  1. Principal data sources are Current Population Survey Monthly Outgoing Rotation Group (CPS-MORG) earnings files, 1998–2013. Means weighted. Sample includes wage and salary workers (on primary job), ages 18–65, living in one of 258 MSAs, with positive weekly earnings, who are not full-time enrolled in school. Total sample size is 1,850,757 with a weighted multiple job holding rate of 4.74 % (unweighted rate is 5.04)
  2. aO*NET measures SK and WC compiled for 2003–2010, with 899,255 and 46,259 single and multiple job holders, respectively