*WORKERS WHO DID 25 DAYS OR MORE OF FARM WAGEWORK DURING THE YEAR, AVERAGE OF SELECTED YEARS. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE NEG. ERS 2055-71 (3) ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE Figure 3 AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OF WORKERS WHO DID FARM In 1970, nearly 1.5 million persons, 133,000 less than 1969, did farm wagework only (FWO workers), and 1,005,000, about 49,000 less than 1969, were employed at both farm and nonfarm wagework (FNF workers). FWO workers were employed an average of 102 days at farm wagework and earned $1,083. FNF workers did an average of 114 days of nonfarm wagework and 49 days of farm wagework, from which, on the average, they earned a total of $2,461. FWO workers earned about $10.60 a day from farm wagework; FNF workers averaged about $12.20 a day. FNF workers earned about $16.35 a day from nonfarm wagework. STATISTICAL TABLES TABLE 1. Number of persons who did any farm wagework during the year, by sex, 1945-70..... 2. Distribution of persons who did any farm wagework during the year, by duration of farm wagework, averages 1965-67 and 1968-70 ...... PAGE 8 3. Distribution of man-days of farm wagework, for workers, by duration of farm wagework, averages 1965-67 and 1968-70... 9 4. Distribution of farm wageworkers, by selected characteristics, 1970. 10 5. Distribution of farm wageworkers and man-days of farm wagework, by selected characteristics, 1970..... 13 6. Distribution of farm wageworkers, by selected characteristics and duration of farm wagework, 1970..... 14 7. Average number of days worked and wages earned at farm and nonfarm wagework, for all farm wageworkers, by selected characteristics, 1970.. 15 8. Distribution of farm wageworkers, by selected characteristics and average daily earnings at farm wagework, 1970...... 17 9. Average number of days worked and wages earned at farm and nonfarm wagework, for persons who did 25 days or more of farm wagework, by selected characteristics, 1970...... 18 10. Average number of days worked and wages earned at farm and nonfarm wagework, for persons who did less than 25 days of farm wagework, by selected characteristics, 1970.. 11. Percentage of workers who did farm and nonfarm wagework, and average number of days worked and wages earned, for workers who did farm wagework only, by selected characteristics, 1970. 12. Average number of days worked and wages earned at farm and nonfarm wagework, for farm wageworkers who also did some nonfarm wagework, by selected characteristics, 1970.... 20 21 22 13. Distribution of workers who did farm wagework only and workers who did both farm and nonfarm wagework, by selected characteristics, 1970....... 23 25-27 14-18 Standard Error Tables.. Table 1.--Number of persons who did any farm wagework during the year, by sex, 1945-70 1/ Numbers of workers for 1959 and succeeding years are rounded to the nearest thousand without being adjusted to group totals. 1/ No survey conducted in 1953 and 1955. Table 2.--Distribution of persons who did any farm wagework during the year, by duration of farm wagework, averages 1965-67 and 1968-70 Numbers of workers are rounded to the nearest thousand without being adjusted to group totals. Table 3.--Distribution of man-days of farm wagework, for workers, by duration of farm wagework, averages 1965-67 and 1968-70 Numbers of days are rounded to the nearest million without being adjusted to group totals. |