Table 5. Employed people who requested or made a change to help do their job better and type of change requested by sex, presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, and disability status, July 2024

Table 5. Employed people who requested or made a change to help do their job better and type of change requested by sex, presence of work-limiting health condition or difficulty, and disability status, July 2024 [Numbers in thousands]
Characteristic	Total who requested or made a change to help do their job better(1)	Percent of total by type of change
Characteristic		Schedule	Work tasks	Training to learn new job skills	Working from home (also known as telework)	Increased accessibility to workplace or building facilities	Getting new or modified equipment	Arranging special transportation	Other changes
Total, ages 16 to 75	7,598	46.2	24.1	10.8	14.4	2.8	27.7	1.2	11.3
Men	3,854	42.4	25.1	12.9	10.5	3.1	32.0	1.4	11.1
Women	3,744	50.1	23.1	8.6	18.4	2.6	23.2	1.0	11.6
People with a health condition or difficulty that limits work	2,366	47.8	36.0	5.8	17.8	2.0	16.7	2.2	13.6
Men	1,161	46.3	38.2	8.1	10.5	1.4	18.4	3.1	13.0
Women	1,205	49.2	33.8	3.7	24.8	2.6	15.1	1.3	14.3
With a disability	903	48.7	37.6	7.6	19.3	2.0	16.5	4.8	12.5
Men	418	43.3	45.3	9.6	14.0	0.9	14.6	6.4	11.6
Women	485	53.3	31.0	5.8	23.9	2.9	18.1	3.3	13.3
With no disability	1,462	47.3	35.0	4.8	16.9	2.0	16.9	0.6	14.3
Men	743	48.0	34.3	7.2	8.6	1.7	20.5	1.2	13.7
Women	719	46.5	35.7	2.2	25.4	2.4	13.1	0.0	15.0
People with no health conditions or difficulties that limit work	5,232	45.5	18.7	13.0	12.8	3.2	32.6	0.8	10.3
Men	2,693	40.8	19.4	14.9	10.5	3.9	37.9	0.7	10.2
Women	2,539	50.6	18.1	11.0	15.3	2.5	27.0	0.8	10.3
With a disability	404	39.4	21.0	6.1	17.2	4.6	22.0	0.0	11.5
Men	145	43.8	24.9	1.0	16.4	4.6	24.1	0.0	6.1
Women	259	37.0	18.9	8.9	17.7	4.5	20.9	0.0	14.5
With no disability	4,828	46.0	18.5	13.6	12.5	3.1	33.5	0.8	10.2
Men	2,548	40.6	19.1	15.7	10.2	3.8	38.6	0.8	10.5
Women	2,280	52.1	18.0	11.2	15.0	2.3	27.7	0.9	9.9
Footnotes (1) Self-employed workers were asked if they made changes to do their job better. Other workers were asked if they had requested a change to help do their job better. See Technical Note for more information.
NOTE: The types of changes may sum to more than 100 percent because some workers requested or made more than one change.

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