Table 13. Reason for Not Working or Reason for Spending Time Out of the 1
Labor Force--Poverty Status in 1999 of People Who Did
Not Work or Who Spent Time Out of the Labor Force
(Numbers in thousands)
Worked last year, spent time
Did not work last year out of the labor force
Reason Reason
Could Work
Home or not School Home or not School
Ill or family find or Ill or family avail- or
Total disabled Retired reasons work other Total disabled Retired reasons able other
TOTAL PEOPLE
ALL PEOPLE IN ALL
INCOME LEVELS
TOTAL, BOTH SEXES............... 61,550 10,392 28,123 12,036 971 10,029 29,050 3,127 2,551 6,371 1,970 15,032
16 to 17 years............... 4,549 40 20 170 36 4,283 2,681 14 6 44 31 2,586
18 to 64 years............... 29,923 7,937 4,687 10,767 913 5,620 24,321 2,893 1,225 6,208 1,844 12,151
18 to 24 years............. 5,517 330 46 1,056 339 3,745 8,287 356 9 916 404 6,602
25 to 34 years............. 4,812 814 63 2,841 199 894 5,085 592 8 2,046 389 2,049
35 to 54 years ............ 11,383 4,244 622 5,422 290 806 8,361 1,533 242 2,854 849 2,883
55 to 64 years............. 8,212 2,549 3,955 1,447 85 175 2,587 412 965 392 201 617
65 years and over............ 27,078 2,415 23,416 1,098 22 126 2,048 220 1,320 119 95 294
TOTAL, MALES.................... 22,964 5,012 11,619 660 650 5,023 11,790 1,512 1,436 592 1,117 7,134
16 to 17 years............... 2,326 20 5 64 25 2,213 1,437 2 0 22 19 1,394
18 to 64 years............... 9,958 4,065 2,004 509 616 2,765 9,217 1,378 651 543 1,058 5,587
18 to 24 years............. 2,464 176 14 92 245 1,938 3,914 152 0 89 285 3,388
25 to 34 years............. 1,140 407 32 125 145 432 1,517 247 0 128 241 900
35 to 54 years ............ 3,324 2,283 307 221 177 336 2,643 782 105 255 449 1,053
55 to 64 years............. 3,030 1,199 1,652 71 49 59 1,143 197 545 71 84 246
65 years and over............ 10,680 928 9,610 88 9 45 1,136 132 785 27 40 153
TOTAL, FEMALES.................. 38,586 5,380 16,503 11,376 321 5,005 17,260 1,615 1,114 5,779 853 7,898
16 to 17 years............... 2,223 20 15 107 11 2,070 1,245 12 6 22 12 1,192
18 to 64 years............... 19,965 3,873 2,683 10,258 297 2,855 15,104 1,515 574 5,665 785 6,564
18 to 24 years............. 3,052 155 32 964 94 1,807 4,373 204 9 827 120 3,213
25 to 34 years............. 3,671 407 32 2,717 53 462 3,568 345 7 1,918 148 1,149
35 to 54 years ............ 8,059 1,961 316 5,201 113 469 5,718 751 137 2,599 400 1,831
55 to 64 years............. 5,182 1,350 2,303 1,377 37 116 1,445 215 420 321 118 371
65 years and over............ 16,398 1,487 13,806 1,011 13 81 912 88 535 92 55 142
HOUSEHOLD RELATIONSHIP
People 16 to 64 years old.... 34,472 7,977 4,706 10,937 949 9,902 27,002 2,907 1,231 6,252 1,875 14,737
IN FAMILIES..................... 29,550 5,746 3,885 10,346 784 8,789 22,529 2,187 1,041 5,744 1,444 12,113
Householder................ 8,540 2,518 1,781 3,348 191 702 6,711 1,056 558 2,212 550 2,335
IN FAMILIES WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 18 YEARS....... 16,929 2,114 496 7,338 410 6,570 14,033 1,265 119 4,556 822 7,271
Householder................ 4,378 1,133 210 2,514 115 405 4,293 698 66 1,840 353 1,336
IN FAMILIES WITH RELATED
CHILDREN UNDER 6 YEARS........ 6,819 636 211 4,369 158 1,445 5,520 597 39 2,750 325 1,810
Householder................ 2,160 295 74 1,579 42 170 2,254 318 16 1,135 162 623
IN MARRIED COUPLE FAMILIES.... 22,466 3,692 3,440 8,907 407 6,020 17,595 1,550 968 4,739 1,083 9,256
Husband.................... 3,628 1,667 1,397 192 119 252 3,034 628 533 266 419 1,188
Wife....................... 12,197 1,331 1,921 8,205 91 649 7,944 697 417 4,218 400 2,212
Related Children........... 5,933 500 54 326 151 4,903 6,260 178 6 204 213 5,658
Other...................... 707 193 68 183 47 216 357 47 12 51 51 197
IN MARRIED COUPLE FAMILIES
W/RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18... 12,648 1,278 346 6,241 213 4,570 10,731 841 100 3,680 641 5,469
Husband.................... 1,142 636 146 136 76 148 1,421 349 51 168 271 581
Wife....................... 6,604 427 115 5,696 36 329 5,142 392 31 3,317 229 1,173
Related Children........... 4,431 127 29 249 78 3,947 3,944 69 6 149 97 3,623
Other...................... 470 88 56 159 22 145 224 31 12 45 44 92
IN MARRIED COUPLE FAMILIES
W/RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 6.... 5,238 394 155 3,665 73 951 4,180 406 32 2,206 253 1,284
Husband.................... 390 178 59 67 27 59 687 147 11 91 127 310
Wife....................... 3,723 135 46 3,347 18 178 2,816 221 15 1,987 74 519
Related Children........... 806 36 5 127 17 621 538 22 0 88 28 401
Other...................... 318 45 45 124 11 93 140 17 7 39 23 54
IN FAMILIES WITH FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER NO SPOUSE PRESENT. 5,506 1,638 283 1,165 271 2,150 3,990 485 51 888 275 2,290
Householder................ 1,926 728 145 736 61 255 1,754 296 41 724 93 600
Other...................... 3,580 910 137 429 210 1,894 2,237 188 10 165 183 1,690
IN FAMILIES WITH FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER NO SPOUSE PRESENT
W/RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 18... 3,544 701 102 936 148 1,657 2,825 336 14 791 143 1,542
Householder................ 1,394 460 57 641 42 194 1,486 266 13 674 68 466
Related Children........... 1,783 131 13 194 85 1,360 1,134 24 0 77 53 981
Other...................... 367 109 32 102 21 104 205 47 1 40 22 95
IN FAMILIES WITH FEMALE
HOUSEHOLDER NO SPOUSE PRESENT
W/RELATED CHILDREN UNDER 6.... 1,363 213 43 611 68 428 1,159 144 5 500 41 469
Householder................ 649 126 19 396 17 92 790 121 5 427 17 220
Related Children........... 503 33 4 139 40 287 255 7 0 54 11 183
Other...................... 211 55 20 76 11 49 114 16 0 18 13 67
IN UNRELATED SUBFAMILIES........ 161 34 2 65 7 53 149 15 4 67 10 54
UNRELATED INDIVIDUALS........... 4,762 2,197 820 527 158 1,060 4,324 706 186 441 421 2,570
MALE.......................... 2,224 1,106 367 94 98 559 2,142 392 84 108 247 1,312
Householder................ 1,511 865 305 34 40 266 1,262 246 75 59 138 744
FEMALE........................ 2,538 1,091 453 433 60 501 2,181 314 102 334 174 1,258
Householder................ 1,678 906 405 141 27 199 1,394 245 87 153 132 778