TABLE 1.
Employment and Demographic Characteristics of Employed Men by Race and Mexican Origin
| Characteristic | Non-Hispanic White |
Mexican- Origin |
African American |
χ2 or F-testa |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employment Hours (%) | 51** | |||
| Fulltimeb | 93.3 | 93.9 | 91.1 | |
| Employment Sector (%) | 1486** | |||
| Private | 72.7 | 87.2 | 76.9 | |
| Public | 12.4 | 6.1 | 17.0 | |
| Self-employed | 14.9 | 6.8 | 6.1 | |
| Industry (%) | 1669** | |||
| Professional | 35.4 | 20.6 | 37.6 | |
| Manufacturing | 16.5 | 15.6 | 15.7 | |
| Services | 32.4 | 34.9 | 37.7 | |
| Construction and agriculture | 15.8 | 28.9 | 9.0 | |
| Occupation (%) | 8042** | |||
| Management | 15.2 | 4.5 | 6.3 | |
| Business and financial operations | 4.1 | 1.1 | 2.8 | |
| Computer and mathematical sciences | 3.3 | 0.8 | 2.4 | |
| Architecture and engineering | 3.7 | 0.7 | 1.9 | |
| Life, physical, and social sciences | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.7 | |
| Community and social service | 1.1 | 0.5 | 2.1 | |
| Legal | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0.5 | |
| Education, training and library | 3.3 | 1.1 | 2.5 | |
| Arts, design, entertainment, sports, media | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.7 | |
| Healthcare practitioner and technical | 2.6 | 0.7 | 2.0 | |
| Healthcare support | 0.3 | 0.3 | 1.1 | |
| Public safety, protective service | 3.0 | 1.8 | 5.6 | |
| Food preparation and serving | 2.4 | 8.6 | 4.8 | |
| Building and grounds cleaning, maintenance | 2.7 | 9.0 | 6.1 | |
| Personal care and service | 0.9 | 0.8 | 2.3 | |
| Sales | 11.9 | 6.5 | 6.9 | |
| Office and administrative support | 5.6 | 5.5 | 9.6 | |
| Farming, fishing and forestry | 0.7 | 3.7 | 0.6 | |
| Construction and extraction | 10.7 | 23.1 | 7.7 | |
| Installation, maintenance and repair | 7.3 | 6.0 | 5.2 | |
| Production | 8.5 | 13.1 | 10.9 | |
| Transportation and material moving | 8.5 | 11.2 | 16.5 | |
| Firm Size (%) | 1148** | |||
| Less than 10 employees | 23.1 | 24.6 | 13.8 | |
| 10 – 24 | 9.4 | 15.7 | 7.4 | |
| 25 – 99 | 13.2 | 17.5 | 12.8 | |
| 100 or more | 54.3 | 42.3 | 66.0 | |
| Firm Size Excluding Self-Employed (%) | 1247** | |||
| Less than 10 employees | 12.1 | 19.9 | 8.9 | |
| 10 – 24 | 9.7 | 16.5 | 7.5 | |
| 25 – 99 | 14.8 | 18.5 | 13.5 | |
| 100 or more | 63.4 | 45.1 | 70.1 | |
| Age (mean) | 41.7 | 35.4 | 39.6 | 1250** |
| Education (%) | 14647** | |||
| Less than high school | 6.1 | 45.5 | 10.4 | |
| High school degree | 31.4 | 30.6 | 40.2 | |
| Some college or associates degree | 27.6 | 16.5 | 28.7 | |
| Bachelors degree or higher | 34.9 | 7.3 | 20.7 | |
| Marital Status (%) | 1763** | |||
| Married | 65.7 | 59.5 | 47.9 | |
| Divorced, separated, widowed | 11.7 | 7.8 | 14.9 | |
| Never married | 22.5 | 32.7 | 37.2 | |
| Family Size (mean) | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 420** |
| U.S. Citizen (%) | 97.8 | 48.1 | 93.5 | 26260** |
| Families Below Poverty Threshold (%) | 2.7 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 1994** |
| Had Health Insurance from Own Employer (%) | 66.2 | 39.6 | 60.8 | 2150** |
| Had Health Insurance as a Dependent (%) | 18.4 | 9.1 | 15.7 | 568** |
| Had No Form of Health Insurance (%) | 13.9 | 48.0 | 22.5 | 6447** |
| N | 63,834 | 9,729 | 7,264 |
*
p ≤ 0.05
**
p≤ 0.01.
a
Significant differences across race/ethnic groups based on F-tests for age and family size, and χ2 tests for all other variables.
b
Fulltime defined as 35 or more hours per week.
Source: 2004 and 2006 Annual Social and Economic Supplements, Current Population Survey.