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Table 1 Percent of U.S. workforce with paid sick leave by occupational characteristics, NHIS, 2008

From: The lack of paid sick leave as a barrier to cancer screening and medical care-seeking: results from the National Health Interview Survey

Characteristics

NHIS sample

Estimated # of U.S. workers

% with paid sick leave*

95% CI

Estimated # of workers with no sick leave

 All workers

11,826

127,067,000

61.9

60.7-63.1

48,352,000

Occupation

     

 Management

874

10,120,800

81.1

77.5-84.2

1,915,200

 Professional/Technical

3,281

35,349,700

79.0

77.1-80.7

7,442,100

 Services

1,997

21,028,300

41.2

38.3-44.1

12,373,000

 Sales/Office

2,873

30,406,100

64.3

62.3-66.3

10,843,800

 Production**

2,423

27,492,200

53.9

51.4-56.4

14,818,500

Class of worker

     

 Private

9,577

104,319,000

57.0

55.7-58.3

44,858,100

 Federal

306

3,063,100

91.5

86.6-94.7

260,200

 State

858

8,967,500

81.5

77.5-85.0

1,655,200

 Local

975

10,717,600

85.3

82.2-87.9

1,578,500

Years on the job

     

 0-1

3,250

35,737,500

45.1

42.9-47.3

19,632,200

 2-5

3,542

38,651,600

60.3

58.1-62.4

15,353,000

 6-15

3,115

32,914,500

71.9

69.8-73.9

9,236,480

 16+

1,704

18,662,600

79.4

76.8-81.7

3,854,130

Number of employees

     

 < 10

2,073

22,388,100

41.6

39.0-44.1

13,086,000

 10-49

3,084

34,408,900

53.1

50.8-55.4

16,136,000

 50-249

2,878

31,806,300

69.4

67.0-71.7

9,737,850

 250+

2,485

32,820,100

79.4

77.4-81.3

6,760,420

  1. * Percentages are weighted to the population of workers.
  2. ** Production category includes Production, Agricultural, Forest and Fishery workers.
  3. CI indicates confidence interval.
  4. Totals in categories may not sum to all worker totals because of missing and unknown values.