Table 2.
Percentage of Adults Underemployed by Age, Gender, and Residence.
| Total |
Metropolitan |
Nonmetropolitan |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | ||||||
| 20–29 | 24.1 | 23.6 | 24.7 | 23.5 | 23.3 | 23.7 | 27.4 | 24.9 | 30.2 | ||||||
| 30–39 | 14.1 | 12.7 | 15.8 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 14.9 | 17.3 | 14.2 | 20.8 | ||||||
| 40–49 | 12.6 | 11.2 | 14.2 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 13.5 | 15.2 | 13.2 | 17.4 | ||||||
| 50–54 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 13.1 | 11.3 | 10.0 | 12.7 | 13.6 | 12.6 | 14.9 | ||||||
| 55–59 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 13.6 | 11.6 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 15.4 | 12.8 | 18.2 | ||||||
| 60–64 | 13.9 | 12.1 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 15.4 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 18.4 | ||||||
| 65–69 | 15.9 | 14.5 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 14.3 | 15.6 | 18.8 | 17.3 | 20.5 | ||||||
| 70–74 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 19.4 | 15.9 | 14.8 | 17.5 | 21.5 | 18.4 | 25.5 | ||||||
| 75+ | 18.7 | 16.4 | 21.5 | 18.3 | 15.7 | 21.2 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 22.1 | ||||||
Notes: The denominator includes those who are either adequately employed or underemployed. Those who are not in the labor force are excluded from these calculations.
Source: March Current Population Surveys, 2003–2005.