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General Social Survey https://gss.norc.org
Question 880. Is it usually because you want to, you have to in order to keep up with your job, or for some other reason?
For further details see the official GSS documentation.
Counts by year:
year | iap | no answer | worker has to work at home to keep up with job | worker is operating home-based business | worker wants to work at home | don't know | other combinations and other reasons | skipped on web | Total |
1972 | 1613 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1613 |
1973 | 1504 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1504 |
1974 | 1484 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1484 |
1975 | 1490 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1490 |
1976 | 1499 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1499 |
1977 | 1530 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1530 |
1978 | 1532 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1532 |
1980 | 1468 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1468 |
1982 | 1860 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1860 |
1983 | 1599 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1599 |
1984 | 1473 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1473 |
1985 | 1534 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1534 |
1986 | 1470 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1470 |
1987 | 1819 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1819 |
1988 | 1481 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1481 |
1989 | 1537 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1537 |
1990 | 1372 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1372 |
1991 | 1517 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1517 |
1993 | 1606 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1606 |
1994 | 2992 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2992 |
1996 | 2904 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2904 |
1998 | 2832 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2832 |
2000 | 2817 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2817 |
2002 | 2077 | 13 | 224 | 197 | 254 | - | - | - | 2765 |
2004 | 2812 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2812 |
2006 | 3803 | 11 | 225 | 213 | 257 | 1 | - | - | 4510 |
2008 | 2023 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2023 |
2010 | 1531 | 27 | 189 | 60 | 160 | 3 | 74 | - | 2044 |
2012 | 1974 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1974 |
2014 | 2033 | 7 | 203 | 84 | 142 | - | 69 | - | 2538 |
2016 | 2867 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2867 |
2018 | 900 | 896 | 200 | 76 | 171 | 3 | 102 | - | 2348 |
2021 | 4032 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4032 |
2022 | 2641 | 3 | 160 | 106 | 476 | 8 | 130 | 20 | 3544 |
Total | 67626 | 957 | 1201 | 736 | 1460 | 15 | 375 | 20 | 72390 |
1
worker wants to work at home
2
worker has to work at home to keep up with job
3
worker is operating home-based business
4
other combinations and other reasons
NA(d)
don't know
NA(i)
iap
NA(j)
I don't have a job
NA(m)
dk, na, iap
NA(n)
no answer
NA(p)
not imputable
NA(q)
not imputable
NA(r)
refused
NA(s)
skipped on web
NA(u)
uncodeable
NA(x)
not available in this release
NA(y)
not available in this year
NA(z)
see codebook