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February 1994

Work at home: data from the CPS

William G. Deming

According to the May 1991 CPS, 20 million nonfarm employees worked at home in 1991—more than 18.3 percent of those at work—however, only a small proportion of them were paid specifically for that work. This article presents the latest available data on workers who spend time working at home.

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