Absence rate

In economics, the '''absence rate''' is the ratio of workers with absences to total full-time wage and salary employment. In the United States, absences are defined as instances when persons who usually work 35 or more hours per week worked less than 35 hours during the reference week for one of the following reasons: own illness, injury, or medical problems; childcare problems; other family or personal obligations; civic or military duty; and maternity or paternity leave.<ref name="uslabor">{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm|title=BLS Information |date=February 28, 2008|work=Glossary|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services |accessdate=2009-05-05| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090506220213/http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm| archivedate= 6 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref>

==Statistics== thumb|Absence rates by industry in 2005 thumb|Absence rates by occupation in 2005 In 2005, workers in the education and health services sector had the highest absence rate in the private sector at 4.0 percent, while workers in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations and in management, professional, and related occupations had the lowest absence rates.<ref name="labor1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/feb/wk2/art02.htm|title=Absence rates and industry, 2005|date=February 14, 2006|work=TED: The Editor's Desk|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services|accessdate=2009-05-05| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090507070744/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/feb/wk2/art02.htm| archivedate= 7 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="labor2">{{cite web|url=http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/jan/wk5/art02.htm|title=Absence rates and occupation, 2005|date=January 31, 2006|work=TED: The Editor's Desk|publisher=U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services|accessdate=2009-05-05| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090507083351/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2006/jan/wk5/art02.htm| archivedate= 7 May 2009 | url-status= live}}</ref><ref name="laborpdf1">{{cite web|url=https://www.bls.gov/cps/aa2005/cpsaat47.pdf |title=Absences from work of employed full-time wage and salary workers by occupation and industry |work=2005 annual tables, household data, Employment and Earnings |publisher=Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) |pages=273–274 |accessdate=2009-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240929015319/https://www.bls.gov/cps/aa2005/cpsaat47.pdf|archive-date=29 September 2024 }}</ref>

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==External links== * [http://www.bls.gov/bls/glossary.htm Absence rate in glossary], U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Division of Information Services

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