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Table 6. Job-related work at home on primary job by usage of electronic equipment at home, sex, class of worker, and pay status, May 2004 Percent of workers using electronic equipment for Worked at work Characteristic home (1)(in thousands) Computer Internet Fax Telephone Other or e-mail Total, 16 years and over.............. 20,673 80.6 69.6 43.1 78.0 6.6 Men..................................... 10,780 82.9 73.0 48.6 83.4 7.7 Women................................... 9,893 78.1 65.8 37.1 72.1 5.5 Class of worker and pay status (2) Wage and salary workers (3)............. 13,678 83.0 71.5 35.0 73.4 6.5 Paid work at home..................... 3,349 84.8 78.3 55.3 84.6 10.2 Unpaid work at home................... 10,189 82.8 69.6 28.3 69.7 5.3 Self-employed (4)....................... 6,960 76.0 65.8 58.9 87.0 6.9 With a home-based business (5)........ 4,627 74.0 63.2 58.9 86.9 6.6 1 Includes persons who worked at home at least once per week. This total includes persons who did not report usage of electronic equipment. 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. The sum of workers using electronic equipment at home exceeds the total number who worked at home because many of these workers used more than one type of equipment. "Other" electronic equipment includes scanners and other types of computer-related peripheral equipment.