There are several sources of data on working at home on our Internet site:
Working at home is measured in decennial censuses by responses to the question, "How did you usually get to work LAST WEEK?" One of the categories respondents may check is "Worked at home." "Usually" is defined to mean the most number of days during the week. As a result, people who regularly work at home one or two days a week, but elsewhere during the other three days, are not reflected in the work-at-home estimates from the decennial census, which means that estimates from the decennial censuses may differ from other sources that define working at home differently.
| Table 1. | All Workers and Workers Who Worked at Home: 1960-1990 (3k) |
| Table 2. | Selected Characteristics of Workers Who Worked at Home and Workers Who Did Not Work at Home: 1990 (10k) |
| Table 3. | Selected Characteristics of Workers Who Worked at Home by Class of Worker: 1990 (21k) |
| Table 4. | Selected Characteristics of Workers Who Worked at Home by Gender: 1990 (13k) |
| Table 5. | Class of Worker for Workers Who Worked at Home: 1990 and 1980 (3k) |
| Table 6. | Selected Characteristics of Private Wage and Salary Workers Who Worked at Home: 1990 and 1980 (13k) |
The Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) includes a Work Schedule topical module that is asked of employed respondents who are least 15 years old. The topical module contains a variety of detailed questions related to respondents’ employment history and job details, including whether respondents worked at home during a typical week in the previous month and whether there were any days when the respondent worked entirely at home. More information, including a data dictionary containing the exact questions contained within the topical module, is available from the SIPP home page.
Tables comparable to those shown in the 1997 report
Journey-to-Work and Migration Statistics Branch, Population Division, U.S. Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C. 20233, (301) 763-2454.
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