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June 24, 2011 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)

Work at home and in the workplace, 2010

Percent of employed persons working at home and at their workplace by full- and part-time status, sex, jobholding status, and educational attainment, 2010 annual averages
Characteristic Percent of employed persons who worked at their workplace on an average day Percent of employed persons who worked at home on an average day

Sex

    

Men

 84.5 22.9

Women

 80.9 24.5

Full- and part-time status

    

Full-time workers

 84.3 23.1

Part-time workers

 76.2 25.8

Jobholding status

    

Single jobholders

 83.4 21.8

Multiple jobholders

 78.2 38.9

Class of worker
(main job only)

    

Wage and salary workers

 85.8 19.0

Self-employed workers

 48.2 64.2

Educational attainment, 25 years and over

    

Less than a high school diploma

 91.7 10.4

High school graduates, no college

 85.9 16.6

Some college or associate degree

 84.0 22.8

Bachelor's degree and higher

 75.5 36.1

These data are featured in the TED article, Work at home and in the workplace, 2010.

 

 

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