How often do you work at home as part of your job?
How often respondent works at home · Asked in 6 waves, 2002–2022 · 9,419 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
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 | Never | A few times a year | About once a month | About once a week | More than once a week | Worker works mainly at home | n | MoE |
|---|
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Social Survey 2022 | 2022-05-08 to 2023-01-08 | mixed | 3,544 | 2,004 |
| 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 | 1,250 |
| General Social Survey 2010 | 2010-03-15 to 2010-08-12 | face to face | 2,044 | 1,187 |
| General Social Survey 2006 | 2006-03-07 to 2006-08-07 | face to face | 4,510 | 1,734 |
| General Social Survey 2002 | 2002-02-06 to 2002-06-26 | face to face | 2,765 | 1,796 |
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 | 55% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 13% | 17% | 2004 | ±3 |
| Protestant | 56% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 13% | 17% | 779 | ±6 |
| Catholic | 59% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 12% | 422 | ±7 |
| Jewish † | Too few respondents | – | – | – | – | – | – | 35 | ±27 |
| Other faith † | 54% | 3% | 1% | 5% | 21% | 17% | 107 | ±14 |
| None | 51% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 12% | 20% | 623 | ±6 |
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.