Table 3. Number and percent distribution of employed persons 65 years of age or over, by class of worker: United States, 1977-1983.

Year	Total	Nonagricultural industries						Agriculture
		Wage and salary workers				Self employed	Unpaid family workers	Wage and salary workers	Self employed	Unpaid family workers
		Total	Private household workers	Government	Other
	Number in thousands
1977	2,763	1,895	172	302	1,421	503	25	63	257	20
1978	2,919	2,018	181	303	1,534	522	25	76	262	16
1979	2,969	2,076	173	337	1,566	540	26	78	233	16
1980	2,928	2,071	150	358	1,564	533	19	59	232	13
1981	2,913	2,044	141	337	1,567	547	19	50	237	15
1982	2,922	2,051	140	337	1,574	556	19	45	239	12
1983	2,926	2,054	130	337	1,587	566	21	45	224	16
	Percent distribution
1977	100.0	68.6	6.2	10.9	51.4	18.2	0.9	2.3	9.3	0.7
1978	100.0	69.1	6.2	10.4	52.6	17.9	0.9	2.6	9.0	0.5
1979	100.0	69.9	5.8	11.4	52.7	18.2	0.9	2.6	7.8	0.5
1980	100.0	70.7	5.1	12.2	53.4	18.2	0.6	2.0	7.9	0.4
1981	100.0	70.2	4.8	11.6	53.8	18.8	0.7	1.7	8.1	0.5
1982	100.0	70.2	4.8	11.5	53.9	19.0	0.7	1.5	8.2	0.4
1983	100.0	70.2	4.4	11.5	54.2	19.3	0.7	1.5	7.7	0.5

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics: Household data from the Current Population Survey, 1977-1984.