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Conference waylay::singles_chat

Title:	A place for gabby single folk

Moderator:	PCBUOA::DEWITT

Created:	Thu Jan 09 1997
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	69
Total number of notes:	5349

42.0. "Holding Multiple Jobs..." by DANGER::ASKETH (Beware of Greeks bearing gifts...) Fri Feb 07 1997 15:39

Saw an interesting article in the paper a few weeks ago about people holding 
multiple jobs to make ends meet.  Unmarried women had the highest percentages.
The most common reason for working 2 jobs was purely to make ends meet.  Other
reasons were enjoying the work, to pay off debt, to save for future, for the 
experience/building a business, to help a friend (I want a friend like that!! 
;-) ), for extra money and to buy a particular item.  I know this topic has come
up in here before so thought some folks might be interested...Here are the 
stats based on marital status...

Of 14,403,000 single working women, 1,040,000 have multiple jobs (7.2%)
Of 32,406,000 married working women, 1,775,000 have multiple jobs (5.5%)
Of 11,691,000 widowed, divorced or separated working women, 825,000 have 
multiple jobs (7.1%)

Of 18,055,000 single working men, 1,040,000 have multiple jobs (5.8%)
Of 42,417,000 married working men, 2,696,000 have multiple jobs (6.4%)
Of 7,735,000 widowed, divorced or separated working men, 456,000 have multiple 
jobs (5.9%)

The numbers are 1996 national averages taken for the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics, January 1997.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
42.1		PCBUOA::DEWITT	only in dreams...	`Fri Feb 07 1997 15:46`	4
	You know I've thought about that more than once, but instead I sold everything that wasn't tied down... joyce
42.2		DANGER::ASKETH	Beware of Greeks bearing gifts...	`Fri Feb 07 1997 15:51`	8
	Well, I must say that even though I got screwed financially in my divorce, I am very grateful that I came out of it with enough to afford my new house! Could have been worse... It was certainly a glorious day when I had paid off the debt from the marriage and made my last payment to my lawyer! B
42.3		PCBUOA::DEWITT	only in dreams...	`Fri Feb 07 1997 16:00`	5
	I still haven't paid off my attorney and I did all the paralegal work myself... :-( joyce
42.4		BOOKIE::KENYON		`Fri Feb 07 1997 16:15`	1
	I opted for a roomate instead of a second job...
42.5		PCBUOA::DEWITT	only in dreams...	`Fri Feb 07 1997 16:18`	8
	I thought about that, but they'd have to like me an awful lot I only have 1 bedroom :-) Upstairs is framed, but not finished... someday though it will be! joyce
42.6	Roomates	TBC001::DROVER	HEDGEHOG	`Mon Feb 10 1997 13:18`	22
	re 42.4 ahh yes.. roomies... if you can find a good one (I found the best!), it's a great thing. If things hadn't worked out with him I was going to give up on shared places altogether and live in a rathole OR get another job. :-) Every now and then he and I remind each other how good things worked out and the plan is still in motion! A while ago, he and I determined to buy a big house or both sides of a duplex, get married (to other people :-) - you have no idea how many marriage jokes we get), and live happily ever after expecially since our wives hopefully will be really good friends as well. It's a lot of "ifs" but a dream shared is oft a dream realized! Say hi to your roomie for me... grin James aka: Tangent Boy
42.7		SUBSYS::K_WOODWARD	Is it Friday yet?	`Mon Feb 10 1997 15:10`	5
	I have a housemate and a part time job. I want to pay off credit debt. Karyn
42.8	me too 2 jobs stinks though	WRKSYS::BROWER		`Mon Feb 10 1997 18:32`	7
	I have a sorta pseudo roomate and work a 2nd job. I want to pay off credit and debt. Still paying off the loans I needed to pay my %^$))@# lawyer for the divorce.. CS being very hight due to 3 kids makes paying down debt doubly hard. If I can't realize my dream I'd love to go halves on an affordable duplex. bob