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Average Hours of Work Per Week, Total, Household Survey for United States (M08354USM310NNBR)

Observation:

Jan 1970: 39.1 (+ more)   Updated: Aug 17, 2012
Jan 1970:  39.1  
Dec 1969:  39.6  
Nov 1969:  39.7  
Oct 1969:  39.9  
Sep 1969:  40.6  
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Units:

Hours per Week,
Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:

Monthly

NOTES

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research  

Release: NBER Macrohistory Database  

Units:  Hours per Week, Not Seasonally Adjusted

Frequency:  Monthly

Notes:

Data Represent Average Hours Worked Per Week By The Employed Labor Force "At Work": Persons 14 Years And Older Through 1966; Persons 16 Years And Older Thereafter. Source: For 1947-1958 Data: U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Reports--Labor Force, Series P-50, Annual Reports On The Labor Force; For 1959-1970 Data: Bureau Of Labor Statistics, Monthly Issues Of Employment And Earnings.

This NBER data series m08354 appears on the NBER website in Chapter 8 at http://www.nber.org/databases/macrohistory/contents/chapter08.html.

NBER Indicator: m08354

Suggested Citation:

National Bureau of Economic Research, Average Hours of Work Per Week, Total, Household Survey for United States [M08354USM310NNBR], retrieved from FRED, Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis; https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/M08354USM310NNBR, March 19, 2024.

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