Standard Errors
Paid sick leave: Carryover provisions

Table 36. Standard errors for paid sick leave: Carryover provisions,  civilian
workers,1 National Compensation Survey, March 2012

Characteristics

Carryover provision2

No
carryover
provision

Total

Unlimited
accumulation

Limit on days
accumulated

All workers

1.0

0.9

0.8

1.0

Worker characteristics

        

Management, professional, and related

1.4

1.3

1.0

1.4

    Management, business, and financial

1.7

1.1

1.8

1.7

    Professional and related

1.6

1.7

1.3

1.6

        Teachers

1.5

2.1

2.1

1.5

            Primary, secondary, and special education
             school teachers

1.3

2.5

2.4

1.3

        Registered nurses

3.3

3.0

3.7

3.3

Service

2.2

1.4

1.7

2.2

    Protective service

3.5

3.5

2.7

3.5

Sales and office

1.2

1.0

1.1

1.2

    Sales and related

1.8

0.9

1.8

1.8

    Office and administrative support

1.5

1.3

1.3

1.5

Natural resources, construction, and maintenance

2.4

1.4

2.1

2.4

    Installation, maintenance, and repair

2.9

1.2

3.0

2.9

Production, transportation, and material moving

1.8

0.8

1.6

1.8

    Production

2.7

1.1

2.4

2.7

    Transportation and material moving

2.4

1.1

2.4

2.4

Full time

1.1

0.9

0.9

1.1

Union

1.8

1.7

1.2

1.8

Nonunion

1.1

1.0

0.9

1.1

Average wage within the following categories:3

        

    Lowest 25 percent

1.6

1.1

1.7

1.6

    Second 25 percent

1.6

1.7

1.4

1.6

    Third 25 percent

1.6

1.2

1.2

1.6

    Highest 25 percent

1.2

0.9

1.1

1.2

        Highest 10 percent

1.7

1.3

1.7

1.7

Establishment characteristics

        

Goods-producing industries

2.3

1.2

1.8

2.3

Service-providing industries

0.9

0.9

0.8

0.9

    Education and health services

1.7

1.9

1.6

1.7

        Educational services

1.1

1.8

1.6

1.1

            Elementary and secondary schools

1.2

2.1

2.1

1.2

            Junior colleges, colleges, and universities

1.8

3.9

3.1

1.8

        Healthcare and social assistance

3.5

3.6

3.4

3.5

            Hospitals

2.0

2.6

3.0

2.0

    Public administration

1.2

2.7

2.4

1.2

1 to 99 workers

1.5

1.4

1.3

1.5

    1 to 49 workers

1.8

1.4

1.4

1.8

    50 to 99 workers

2.7

2.4

2.6

2.7

100 workers or more

1.3

1.0

1.0

1.3

    100 to 499 workers

1.7

1.1

1.4

1.7

    500 workers or more

1.9

1.5

1.4

1.9

Geographic areas

        

New England

3.1

3.1

2.8

3.1

Middle Atlantic

2.0

2.0

1.1

2.0

East North Central

2.7

1.2

2.9

2.7

West North Central

3.9

4.0

2.6

3.9

South Atlantic

1.3

2.4

1.9

1.3

East South Central

3.7

4.3

3.2

3.7

West South Central

2.2

1.0

2.3

2.2

Mountain

1.9

3.3

4.2

1.9

Pacific

4.1

2.5

2.0

4.1

1Includes workers in the private nonfarm economy
except those in private households, and workers in the
public sector, except the federal government. See
Technical Note for further explanation.

3The categories are based on the average wage for
each occupation surveyed, which may include workers
with earnings both above and below the threshold. The
average wages are based on the estimates published in
the "National Compensation Survey: Occupational
Earnings in the United States, 2010." See Technical Note
for more&nb sp;details.

2Plans that allow employees to accumulate unused
sick leave from year to year.


NOTE: For definitions of major plans, key provisions, and
related terms, see the "Glossary of Employee Benefit
Terms" at www.bls.gov/ncs/ebs/glossary20112012.htm.