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

1970-01: 39.1 Hours Per Week   Last 5 Observations

Monthly, Not Seasonally Adjusted, Updated: 2012-08-17 2:31 PM CDT

Source: National Bureau of Economic Research
Release: NBER Macrohistory Database
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



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