whywkhme
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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?
Overview
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 | not available in this year | 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 |
2024 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3309 | 3309 |
Total | 67626 | 957 | 1201 | 736 | 1460 | 15 | 375 | 20 | 3309 | 75699 |
Values
1
worker wants to work at home2
worker has to work at home to keep up with job3
worker is operating home-based business4
other combinations and other reasonsNA(d)
don't knowNA(i)
iapNA(j)
I don't have a jobNA(m)
dk, na, iapNA(n)
no answerNA(p)
not imputableNA(r)
refusedNA(s)
skipped on webNA(u)
uncodeableNA(x)
not available in this releaseNA(y)
not available in this yearNA(z)
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