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TABLE 28.--Average weeks worked on other farms per reporting individual, by age
classes, race, and sex, 730 rural households, North and West Florida, 1956


 Individuals reporting

 Age
 S Total : White : Nonwhite : Male : Female


 Weeks Weeks Weeks Weeks Weeks

14 years : 5.1 3.4 6.0 6.9 3.1
15 19 years : 7.9 8.2 7.6 9.0 6.0
20 24 years 12.1 12.9 11.9 14.6 9.2
25 29 years 18.8 20.7 18.2 27.6 8.5
30 34 years 20.0 29.7 16.9 31.8 9.6
35 39 years 20.7 22.2 20.2 32.0 12.2
40 44 years : 8.1 20.0 15.6 25.8 6.1
45 49 years 18.3 15.0 20.1 22.5 10.8
50 54 years 15.0 18.2 13.6 21.8 6.7
55 59 years 21.1 27.5 19.5 31.3 5.8
60 64 years 11.2 5.9 21.8 15.1 5.6
65 69 years 2.4 1.7 3.0 26.7 1.0
70 74 years 26.5 52.0 1.0 26.5
75 years and over : 19.0 19.0 .. 19.0
Not ascertained .... **

 All ages 14.0 14.3 13.9 18.6 7.8



employment reach as much as 50 percent.

 The average length of time worked per reporting individual was 33

weeks (Table 32). White workers reported an average of 36 weeks compared with

an, average of 27 weeks reported by nonwhite workers. A difference of 6 weeks

in length of time worked existed between male and female workers, who reported

an average of 35 and 29 weeks, respectively. Again there was no consistent

relationship between average length of time worked and specific age groups.

 A majority of the individuals reporting nonfarm work were employed

within a distance of 20 miles from their homes (Table 33). Approximately 44

percent traveled less than 10 miles, 20 percent traveled from 10 to 20 miles,

and 36 percent traveled 20 miles or more. A distance exceeding 50 miles was