Show hit BABSON'S AUTHENTIC Y STATEMENT no Eager w no Special to THE EXPRESS MOONLIGHTING IN INTHE INTHE THE JOB PICTURE Babson Park Mass May 12 According to government fi fi- fi figures gures for the most recent years of record some 52 percent of all employed workers have been holding more than one job This is known in labor circles as moonlighting a word that may perhaps still hold sent sant implIcations such as tak tak- taking ing jobs on the sly at sub union rates robbing the needy jobless of a chance to work I MOONLIGHTING NOW MORE RESPECTABLE Today however multiple job job- holding seems oft often n more a necessity than a sign of If greed Almost half haU of the moonlighters are family men between the ages of 25 and 44 in need of additional income to raise their living standards There are clear indications that the typical mOOn moonlighter lighter either does not make enough money at his regular employment to take care of his family as he wishes or else he has only a job as his chief source of income An extra position is sometimes the only way out There is another Interesting angle that shows up in hi the gov gov- gov government figures Very few of the dual jobholders do their moonlighting in their job base field They are much more like like- likely ly to reach for a berth say in the services retail trade or agriculture Few employed in manufacturing seem interest ed in taking their second job in inthe inthe the same line In some instances young men use their moonlight moonlight- ing moonlighting experience to learn a new trade one that they intend to make their regular career when they are ready for it WHERE DUAL JOBS ARE MOST COMMON About 8 percent of ural workers hold extra jobs compared with only 5 percent of the labor force in other pur pur- pur pursuits suits The high rate of moon moon- moonlighting lighting in the farm areas is due in large measure to the seaS sea aspect of most of the oc- oc oc The same thing ap applies plies in the construction Indus Indus- Industry try where pay rates may be high but projects often last fo tor On the nonagrIcultural nonagricultural side the greatest rate of multiple job holding occurs in public ad- ad administration administration ministration with special em em- em emphasis on the post office de Education services and transportation are also high on the list It is of course easy to see why teachers fre seek outside employ ment Not only do they have considerable of vaca Uon tion time but in many localities annual salaries in education are well below those in other lines WOMEN LOW ON TWO JOB LIST Almost six times as many men go in for moonlighting as women This is not surprising in view of the fact that most housewives have their homes and children to care for and many husbands would prefer that their wives not take any outside work at all let alone two separate jobs Actually a busy wife and mother might be said to be moonlighting if she takes even one time part job outside the home since she al ready has a time full house house- housekeeping keeping stint Where Where multiple shows up most commonly among women is in the case of wid divorcees and those separ separ- separated from their husbands Just about third one of all female moonlighters are In these cat cat- categories This is natural since they have often had to assume the type of responsibility that usually falls to the husband Household bills must be paid children must be reared and educated It should be noted too that about 5 percent of all women holding more more than one job work only part of the time on each HIGHER LIVING COSTS MEAN MORE MOON LIGHTING It is our opinion that there is probably considerably more dual than appears in inthe n the government tables The steady climb In consumer pric es has undoubtedly caused a alot alot lot of people to latch on to out out- outside side work that would be cult to catch in a survey samp ling With creeping price inflation tion showing no signs of slow ing down and with taxes also looking upward living standards for many families will be less easy to maintain More multi multi- multiple pIe is almost inevitable able And it may well spread to groups who have never before engaged in moonlighting on any regular scale |