Table 6.

Work schedules for dual-earner parents (percentages)

Work Schedule	Both Parents Work Full-Time	A Parent Is Home Part-Time
All Dual-Earner Parents
Both work daytime hours only	76.9	74.4
At least one parent works at non-daytime hours	23.1	25.7
For family/personal reasons	7.1	12.4
For other reasons	16.0	13.3
Maternal Education: Less Than High School
Both work daytime hours only	65.5	67.8
At least one parent works at non-daytime hours	34.5	32.2
For family/personal reasons	15.5	14.5
For other reasons	19.0	17.8
Maternal Education: High School Graduate
Both work daytime hours only	74.4	74.1
At least one parent works at non-daytime hours	25.6	25.9
For family/personal reasons	7.9	12.3
For other reasons	17.7	13.6
Maternal Education: Some College
Both work daytime hours only	74.6	70.9
At least one parent works at non-daytime hours	25.4	29.1
For family/personal reasons	7.6	13.0
For other reasons	17.9	16.1
Maternal Education: College Graduate
Both work daytime hours only	83.4	78.5
At least one parent works at non-daytime hours	16.6	21.5
For family/personal reasons	4.3	11.5
For other reasons	12.3	9.9

Notes: Statistics are weighted to be nationally representative. Family/Personal reasons include “Better arrangements for family” or “Personal preference.” Other reasons include “Better pay,” “Could not get any other job,” “Nature of the job,” or others, such as allows time for school, and local transportation. Sample size is 20,021 for the full sample and 2,103, 5,202, 6,086, and 6,630 for less than high school, high school graduates, some college, and college graduates, respectively.

Source: Work Schedules and Work at Home Supplement to the 2004 May Current Population Survey.