Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018
Characteristic	Total, workers who did work at home (in thousands)	Percent distribution by main reason for working at home
Characteristic	Total, workers who did work at home (in thousands)	Total	Finish or catch up on work	Job requires working at home	Coordinate work schedule with personal or family needs	Reduce commuting time or expense	Personal preference	Weather	Other
Age
Total, 15 years and over	35,724	100.0	23.0	16.0	22.4	9.3	23.9	3.7	1.8
15 to 24 years	1,122	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
25 to 34 years	8,595	100.0	24.3	12.2	22.1	9.2	27.0	4.1	1.2
35 to 44 years	9,766	100.0	23.8	15.8	27.6	9.4	20.3	1.9	1.2
45 to 54 years	8,417	100.0	22.7	15.6	21.6	10.9	23.1	4.2	2.0
55 to 64 years	6,237	100.0	23.1	18.0	18.5	8.6	23.3	5.4	3.1
65 years and over	1,587	100.0	21.6	24.5	9.9	5.9	28.9	5.3	4.0
Sex
Men	18,726	100.0	20.7	16.3	20.3	9.9	26.6	4.0	2.1
Women	16,998	100.0	25.5	15.5	24.8	8.5	20.9	3.4	1.4
Race(1)
White	29,460	100.0	23.6	15.8	21.6	9.2	24.8	3.7	1.4
Black or African American	3,158	100.0	22.5	24.0	16.1	10.0	17.2	4.5	5.6
Asian	2,486	100.0	13.4	9.8	39.1	10.5	22.0	3.1	2.1
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity(2)
Hispanic or Latino ethnicity	3,197	100.0	30.3	16.2	20.0	7.6	22.4	2.1	1.4
Non-Hispanic or Latino	32,526	100.0	22.3	15.9	22.7	9.4	24.0	3.9	1.8
Educational attainment (25 years and over)
Less than a high school diploma	215	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
High school graduates, no college	2,900	100.0	21.4	24.4	22.6	7.1	14.6	2.7	7.1
Some college or associate degree	5,729	100.0	18.9	18.2	25.0	8.0	20.8	6.5	2.7
Bachelor's degree and higher	25,758	100.0	24.6	14.0	21.8	10.1	25.1	3.3	1.1
Parent of a household child
Parent of a household child under 18 years	14,506	100.0	24.0	15.5	29.4	8.8	18.8	2.1	1.5
Parent of a child 13 to 17 years (none younger)	3,031	100.0	25.7	18.9	19.0	8.3	22.5	4.1	1.5
Parent of a child under 13 years	11,475	100.0	23.6	14.6	32.2	8.9	17.8	1.6	1.5
Not a parent of a household child under 18 years	21,218	100.0	22.3	16.3	17.7	9.6	27.4	4.8	2.0
Occupation
Management, business, and financial operations	11,664	100.0	22.4	15.0	25.7	9.5	23.1	3.7	0.5
Professional and related	15,294	100.0	25.9	12.3	21.5	10.4	25.2	2.5	2.2
Services	1,201	100.0	21.2	32.3	9.4	10.5	15.0	1.0	10.7
Sales and related	2,813	100.0	19.7	27.6	13.2	9.0	24.0	5.1	1.4
Office and administrative support	3,525	100.0	17.0	18.7	30.7	4.8	21.1	7.1	0.6
Farming, fishing, and forestry	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction and extraction	381	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Installation, maintenance, and repair	300	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Production	320	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Transportation and material moving	202	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Industry
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting	170	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Construction	989	100.0	20.7	8.7	26.1	9.5	20.7	9.1	5.2
Manufacturing	4,166	100.0	16.4	18.2	28.7	6.1	23.0	6.2	1.4
Wholesale and retail trade	2,511	100.0	27.5	17.1	25.6	7.7	19.6	1.8	0.7
Transportation and utilities	922	100.0	25.3	19.5	19.1	9.7	18.3	8.0	z
Information	1,212	100.0	18.2	13.8	27.9	17.2	19.3	1.0	2.6
Financial activities	4,838	100.0	12.4	16.7	25.8	10.6	26.6	7.0	0.9
Professional and business services	7,957	100.0	16.6	15.9	25.3	11.2	27.6	2.4	1.0
Education and health services	8,823	100.0	38.5	13.4	15.7	4.4	23.3	2.6	2.2
Leisure and hospitality	913	s	s	s	s	s	s	s	s
Other services	1,236	100.0	21.9	20.2	18.7	10.2	23.0	1.9	4.1
Public administration	1,650	100.0	15.1	19.5	15.2	25.2	19.0	3.2	2.8
Class of worker
Private sector	29,983	100.0	20.4	16.8	24.0	8.9	24.2	3.8	1.9
Private, for profit	26,229	100.0	19.1	17.3	25.0	9.6	23.7	3.8	1.5
Private, not for profit	3,754	100.0	29.3	13.4	17.4	3.8	27.6	3.9	4.6
Public sector	5,741	100.0	36.8	11.4	14.2	11.4	22.2	3.0	1.0
Federal government	1,128	100.0	14.5	18.0	12.4	27.8	19.4	7.5	0.4
State government	2,792	100.0	37.0	8.6	14.0	7.4	31.3	1.2	0.5
Local government	1,822	100.0	50.2	11.7	15.6	7.4	9.9	2.8	2.3
Full- and part-time status (single jobholders only)(3)
Full-time workers	29,627	100.0	23.8	14.9	22.5	9.5	23.4	3.9	1.9
Part-time workers	3,082	100.0	13.9	28.3	25.4	5.8	23.9	1.6	1.2
Usual weekly earnings of full-time wage and salary workers (single jobholders only)
Earnings less than or equal to the 25th percentile	1,656	100.0	23.9	27.8	12.3	4.1	23.7	6.0	2.2
Earnings from 25th to 50th percentiles	4,119	100.0	31.6	17.0	20.2	4.8	20.6	3.4	2.3
Earnings from 50th to 75th percentiles	8,609	100.0	25.5	14.7	23.1	8.5	19.6	5.9	2.7
Earnings greater than the 75th percentile	15,242	100.0	20.7	13.1	23.8	11.9	26.3	2.7	1.3
Work schedule flexibility(4)
Had flexible schedule	29,753	100.0	19.2	16.2	24.1	9.9	25.7	3.4	1.5
Did not have flexible schedule	5,971	100.0	41.7	14.9	14.2	6.2	14.8	5.3	2.9
(1) Estimates for race groups (White, Black or African American, and Asian) do not sum to the total because data are not presented for all races. (2) Persons of Hispanic or Latino ethnicity may be of any race. (3) Full-time workers usually work 35 hours or more per week. Part-time workers usually work less than 35 hours per week. (4) Workers with flexible schedules were able to vary or change the times they began and stopped working. s - Estimate is suppressed because it does not meet the American Time Use Survey publication standards. z - Estimate is approximately zero.
Note: Data refer to wage and salary workers at their main jobs. All self-employed workers (including workers with incorporated businesses and those with unincorporated businesses) are excluded. Unless otherwise specified, data refer to workers 15 years and over.

Last Modified Date: September 24, 2019

Table 2. Main reason workers worked at home by selected characteristics, averages for the period 2017-2018

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