An Average Day: Men at Work

The Great Recession idled millions of men (and women). The American Time Use Survey collects information on what the average American did yesterday. The results show that fewer men are going to work. Here are the percentages of men who worked on an average day in 2010 and 2007, by age...

			% point
	2010	2007	change
15-19	13.8	27.8	-14.0
20-24	41.7	55.5	-13.8
25-34	63.8	68.9	-5.1
35-44	61.4	65.7	-4.3
45-54	58.9	63.9	-5.0
55-64	49.9	47.2	2.7
65+	14.3	15.2	-0.9

Note: An average day includes both weekdays and weekends.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, 2007 and 2010 American Time Use Surveys