Table 4.
Ordered logit choice model for WFH.
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Wave 1 |
Wave 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Units | Estimated parameter (t-value) | Estimated parameter (t-value) | |
| Constant | −0.6967 (−2.91) | −1.0330 (−7.94) | |
| Have a choice to work from home pre-COVID-19 | 1,0 | 2.1825 (7.83) | 0.5067 (4.65) |
| Employer directs employee to work from home post-COVID-19 | 1,0 | 2.9221 (11.30) | 1.5955 (14.5) |
| Type of work cannot be completed from home | 1,0 | −1.0764 (−3.66) | −0.7662 (−5.90) |
| Sydney/Melbourne/Brisbane metropolitan areas | 1,0 | 0.4519 (2.45) | |
| Urban location | 1,0 | – | 0.1448 (1.86) |
| Occupation (ABS 8 classes): | |||
| Technicians and trades | −0.8854(−1.75) | – | |
| Community and personal services | 1,0 | – | −0.5322 (−3.56) |
| Clerical and administration | 1,0 | – | −0.4874 (−5.15) |
| Sales | 1,0 | – | −0.4090 (−3.96) |
| Annual household income | $’000 s | 0.0026(1.97) | – |
| Attitudinal variables: | |||
| Productivity when WFH – lot less and little less | 1,0 | – | 0.4994 (4.78) |
| Productivity when WFH –little more and lot more | 1,0 | – | 0.8032 (7.76) |
| Appropriate space to work – strongly disagree, disagree & somewhat disagree | 1,0 | – | 1.9316 (12.9) |
| Appropriate space to work – somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | 1,0 | – | 1.5685 (12.7) |
| WFH has a positive experience – strongly disagree, disagree & somewhat disagree | 1,0 | – | 1.1929 (7.85) |
| WFH has a positive experience - somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | 1,0 | – | 0.6388 (4.67) |
| Like to WFH more often - strongly disagree, disagree & somewhat disagree | 1,0 | – | 0.8998 (4.97) |
| Like to WFH more often - somewhat agree, agree & strongly agree | 1,0 | – | 0.8912 (7.29) |
| I trust government to respond in the future – somewhat & strongly agree | 1,0 | – | −0.1554 (−1.83) |
| I will go to work from time to time – somewhat & strongly disagree | 1,0 | – | −0.4376 (−3.98) |
| I will go to work from time to time – somewhat & strongly agree | 1,0 | – | −0.5948 (−7.00) |
| Threshold parameters: | |||
| μ1 | 0.4924 (6.18) | 0.8688 (22.04) | |
| μ2 | 1.0620 (10.6) | 1.5639 (36.61) | |
| μ3 | 1.7127 (15.67) | 2.1140 (47.79) | |
| μ4 | 2.0349 (17.41) | 2.5414 (53.34) | |
| Goodness of Fit: | |||
| Pseudo-R2 | 0.221 | 0.314 | |
| Restricted log-likelihood | −766.05 | −6100.97 | |
| Log-likelihood at convergence | −596.34 | −4182.62 | |
| Sample Size | 476 | 705 |
Note: Mean probability of number of days per week WFH are W2 (W1): 0 days: 0.456 (0.381), 1 day: 0.018 (0.063), 2 days: 0.068 (0.075), 3 days: 0.058 (0.089), 4 days: 0.047 (0.046) and 5 days or more: 0.291(0.346).
Note: t-values are provided in brackets within each table and the 95% confidence intervals for each parameter estimate are available on request.