Table 7. Job-related work at home on primary job by reason for working at home, sex, class of worker, and pay status, May 2004
Table 7. Job-related work at home on primary job by reason for working at home, sex, class of worker, and pay status,
May 2004
Reason for working at home (percent)
Worked at Coordi-
home nate Local
Characteristic (1)(in Business work Reduce transpor-
thousand- Finish or is Nature of schedule commuting tation or Some
s) catch up conducted the job with time or pollution other
on work from home personal expense control reason
or family program
needs
Total, 16 years and over.............. 20,673 35.5 21.0 30.8 5.4 1.6 .1 5.2
Men..................................... 10,780 35.4 21.7 31.4 3.6 1.7 .1 5.5
Women................................... 9,893 35.6 20.3 30.2 7.3 1.5 - 4.8
Class of worker and pay status (2)
Wage and salary workers (3)............. 13,678 44.9 8.2 34.3 4.8 2.0 .1 5.3
Paid work at home..................... 3,349 13.0 23.5 40.4 9.3 5.2 .2 7.7
Unpaid work at home................... 10,189 55.8 2.7 32.3 3.4 1.0 - 4.5
Self-employed (4)....................... 6,960 17.2 46.3 23.8 6.5 .7 .1 4.9
With a home-based business (5)........ 4,627 4.7 63.8 21.1 5.1 .6 .1 4.0
1 Persons who worked at home at least once per week. This total includes persons who did not report a reason for
working at home.
2 Excludes unpaid family workers, not shown separately.
3 Includes persons who worked at home but did not report pay status.
4 Includes both the incorporated and unincorporated self-employed.
5 Refers to self-employed persons who worked at home and reported that they ran their business from home and no other
location.
NOTE: Data refer to employed persons in nonagricultural industries who reported that they usually work at home at
least once per week as part of their primary job. Dash represents or rounds to zero.
Last Modified Date: September 22, 2005
United States Department of Labor
