Table 31. Job‐related work at home on primary job: All workers by marital status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2004 : U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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Table 31. Job-related work at home on primary job: All workers by marital status, presence and age of children, sex, and pay status, May 2004
Characteristic	Total employed (3)	Persons who usually worked at home (1)
		Total	Rate	Percent distribution by class of worker (2)
				Wage and salary		Self-employed (4)
				Paid	Unpaid	Self-employed (4)
Total
Total, 16 years and over	136,602	20,673	15.1	16.2	49.3	33.7
Married, spouse present	77,243	14,623	18.9	16.4	48.1	34.6
Not married	59,359	6,050	10.2	15.7	52.2	31.5
Never married	36,857	3,087	8.4	17.7	58.1	23.2
Other marital status	22,502	2,963	13.2	13.6	46.1	40.2
With own children under 18	50,011	8,584	17.2	17.4	47.5	34.0
With own children under 6	21,373	3,599	16.8	19.2	47.3	32.8
With no own children under 18	86,591	12,090	14.0	15.4	50.5	33.4
Women
Total, 16 years and over	64,185	9,893	15.4	17.8	51.4	29.4
Married, spouse present	33,750	6,509	19.3	18.2	48.8	31.4
Not married	30,435	3,384	11.1	17.1	56.5	25.5
Never married	16,754	1,522	9.1	19.2	66.2	12.7
Other marital status	13,681	1,862	13.6	15.3	48.6	35.9
With own children under 18	24,108	4,051	16.8	19.9	46.6	31.5
With own children under 6	9,331	1,614	17.3	23.4	42.6	32.6
With no own children under 18	40,077	5,842	14.6	16.3	54.8	27.9
Men
Total, 16 years and over	72,417	10,780	14.9	14.7	47.3	37.6
Married, spouse present	43,493	8,114	18.7	15.0	47.5	37.1
Not married	28,924	2,666	9.2	13.9	46.8	39.1
Never married	20,104	1,565	7.8	16.2	50.3	33.3
Other marital status	8,820	1,101	12.5	10.5	41.8	47.4
With own children under 18	25,903	4,533	17.5	15.1	48.4	36.3
With own children under 6	12,042	1,986	16.5	15.8	51.0	33.0
With no own children under 18	46,514	6,247	13.4	14.5	46.5	38.6
Footnotes: (1) Persons who usually work at home are defined as those who work at home at least once per week as part of their primary job. (2) Unpaid family workers and wage and salary workers who did not report pay status are included in total but not shown separately. (3) Includes persons who did not provide information on work at home. (4) Includes both the incorporated and unincorporated self-employed.
NOTE: Data refer to employed persons in nonagricultural industries. Own children include sons, daughters, stepchildren, and adopted children. Not included are nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and other related and unrelated children. SOURCE: Work at home supplement to the Current Population Survey, last conducted in May 2004, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.