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Is it usually because you want to, you have to in order to keep up with your job, or for some other reason?
Usual reason for working at home · Asked in 6 waves, 2002–2022 · 4,764 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
'Other combinations and other reasons' was first coded in 2010.
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Worker wants to work at home | Worker has to work at home to keep up with job | Worker is operating home-based business | Other combinations and other reasons | n | MoE |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 903 |
| General Social Survey 2018 | 2018-04-12 to 2018-11-10 | face to face | 2,348 | 1,448 |
| General Social Survey 2014 | 2014-03-31 to 2014-10-13 | face to face | 2,538 | 505 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 513 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 707 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 688 |
Dashed lines mark changes in how interviews were done, which can shift answers: 1. → mixed mode (2022).
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
| All respondents | 56% | 18% | 13% | 14% | 903 | ±5 |
| Democrats | 69% | 13% | 9% | 9% | 299 | ±9 |
| Independents (incl. leaners) | 57% | 19% | 14% | 10% | 370 | ±8 |
| Republicans | 41% | 22% | 15% | 22% | 196 | ±12 |
General Social Survey 2022 · US adults 18+ living in households (English, and Spanish since 2006). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.