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Selected Characteristics of Union Workers, 2006–2007

	2006		2007
	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²	Members of unions¹	Represented by unions²
Sex and age
Total, 16 years and over	12.0%	13.1%	12.1 %	13.3 %
16 to 24 years	4.4	5.0	4.8	5.5
25 years and over	13.3	14.6	13.3	14.7
Men, 16 years and over	13.0	14.0	13.0	14.1
16 to 24 years	5.4	6.0	5.5	6.3
25 years and over	14.3	15.4	14.3	15.4
Women, 16 years and over	10.9	12.2	11.1	12.4
16 to 24 years	3.3	3.9	4.1	4.7
25 years and over	12.3	13.7	12.3	13.8
Race, Hispanic origin, and sex ³
White	11.7%	12.8%	11.8%	13.0%
Men	12.8	13.8	12.8	13.8
Women	10.5	11.7	10.8	12.1
Black	14.5	16.1	14.3	15.8
Men	15.6	17.1	15.8	17.3
Women	13.7	15.2	13.0	14.6
Hispanic origin	9.8	10.7	9.8	10.8
Men	9.8	10.6	9.9	10.8
Women	9.7	10.9	9.6	10.7
Full- or part-time status ⁴
Full-time workers	13.1%	14.4%	13.2%	14.5%
Part-time workers	6.3	7.2	6.5	7.4

NOTE: Data refer to the sole or principal job of full- and part-time workers. Excluded are all self-employed workers regardless of whether or not their businesses are incorporated. Detail for the above race and Hispanic-origin groups will not sum to totals because data for the “other races” group are not presented and Hispanics are included in both the white and black population groups.

1. Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union.

2. Data refer to members of a labor union or an employee association similar to a union as well as workers who report no union affiliation but whose jobs are covered by a union or an employee association contract.

3. 16 years and over.

4. The distinction between full- and part-time workers is based on hours usually worked.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Web: www.bls.gov/news.release/union2.t01.htm .

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