Employment

Employment status - Employment status identifies those who 1) worked at any time during a specific week; 2) were on temporary layoff and available for work; 3) did not work during the reference week but had jobs or businesses from which they were temporarily absent (excluding layoff); 4) did not work during the reference week but were looking for work during the last four weeks and were available to work during the reference week; and 5) were not in the labor force.

Time Worked in Past 12 Months

Hours worked - The data pertain to the number of hours a person usually worked during the weeks worked in the past 12 months. The respondent was to report the number of hours worked per week in the majority of the weeks he or she worked in the past 12 months. If the hours worked per week varied considerably during the past 12 months, the respondent was asked to report an approximate average of the hours worked per week.
Weeks worked - The data pertain to the number of weeks during the past 12 months in which a person did any work for pay or profit (including paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service) or worked without pay on a family farm or in a family business.
Worked in the past 12 months - People 16 years old and over who did any work for pay or profit (including paid vacation, paid sick leave, and military service) or worked without pay on a family farm or in a family business at any time from January to December of the designated calendar year are classified as "worked in (designated calendar year)." All other people 16 years old and over are classified as "Did not work in (designated calendar year)."

Transportation

Means of transportation to work - The principal mode of travel or type of conveyance, by distance rather than time, that the worker usually used to get from home to work during the employment status reference week.
Travel time to work - The total number of minutes that it usually took the worker to get from home to work (one-way) during the employment status reference week.
Time leaving home to go to work - The time of day that the respondent usually left home to go to work during the employment status reference week. Also referred to as departure time.

Employment Status Age 16-19

Population age 16-19 by employment and graduation status.