Table 2
Main reasons given for working at home, 2008

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  Family-related reasons (care of children or others) Work requirements, no choice Home is usual workplace Better working conditions Saves time, money Other
percentage of employees
Total 9.3 25.4 17.9 23.3 15.5 8.6
Men † 8.1 24.5 16.0 24.9 16.7 9.8
Women 10.7 26.4 20.2 21.4 14.1 7.2
Highest level of educational attainment
High school diploma † 6.1E 29.2 26.5 13.8E 12.7E 11.9E
College or trades diploma 10.2E 22.1 20.0 24.9* 15.6 7.2E
University degree 10.2* 25.1 13.5* 26.4* 16.8 8.0
Presence of a child 12 and under in the household
No † 3.6E 26.2 20.2 24.6 15.6 9.8
Yes 20.5* 23.6 13.3 20.9* 15.3 6.3E
Time worked at home per week
10 hours or less † 10.8 28.8 7.8 26.2 18.0 8.4
10 hours or more 6.5E* 18.5* 37.5* 17.6* 12.3E* 7.6E
Hours worked per week
0 to 29 † 14.9E 19.5E 29.6 23.0E 9.4E F
30 to 49 11.0 26.3 13.6* 24.7 15.6 8.8
50 or more 6.4E* 26.1 19.2* 23.0 14.9 10.5E
  percentage of the self-employed
Total 6.8 12.0 49.5 14.4 11.7 5.5
Men † 3.4E 14.4 45.7 15.1 14.6 6.7
Women 11.6* 8.7* 54.7* 13.5 7.7* 3.9E*
Highest level of educational attainment
High school diploma † 6.6E 11.5E 53.6 11.2 10.9E 6.2E
College or trades diploma 8.3E 13.5 48.2 12.6 12.8E 4.7E
University degree 6.1E 11.2 46.9 18.5* 11.7 5.6E
Presence of a child 12 and under in the household
No † 2.5E 11.5 52.9 15.0 12.1 6.0
Yes 17.3* 13.4E 41.3* 13.0 10.7E 4.5E
Time worked at home per week
10 hours or less † 7.9E 17.4 30.5 22.7 14.7 6.8E
10 hours or more 5.8E 8.6* 62.2 8.9* 10.1 4.4E
Hours worked per week
0 to 29 † 7.0E 5.2E 57.8 16.1 7.6E 6.4E
30 to 49 7.5E 11.3* 50.1 15.4 10.6 5.1E
50 or more 6.1E 16.3* 41.2* 15.5 15.9* 4.9E

E use with caution
F too unreliable to be published
† reference group
* statistically significant difference from reference group at p < 0.05
Source: Statistics Canada, General Social Survey, 2008.