Table 2.

Work primarily at home by disability status, 2009–2018

Figures reflect percent who primarily work at home (from American Community Survey)
	All workers		Employees		Self-employed
	No disability	Disability	No disability	Disability	No disability	Disability
	(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)
All	4.6%	5.7%**	2.8%	3.3%**	21.3%	23.1%**
Gender
Female	4.8%	6.0%**	3.0%	3.6%**	27.7%	29.9%**
Male	4.4%	5.4%**	2.6%	2.9%**	17.7%	19.6%**
Race and ethnicity
White non-Hispanic	5.3%	6.3%**	3.2%	3.5%**	23.0%	24.4%**
Black	2.8%	3.6%**	1.8%	2.4%**	21.1%	21.1%**
Hispanic	3.0%	4.1%**	1.8%	2.5%**	15.4%	17.6%**
Other	4.1%	5.4%**	2.9%	3.6%**	16.4%	19.4%**
Age
18–34	2.8%	3.2%**	2.0%	2.3%**	20.1%	20.4%
35–49	4.9%	4.8%	3.1%	3.0%	20.5%	21.2%
50–64	5.7%	5.7%	3.3%	3.3%	21.3%	22.3%**
65 plus	9.5%	10.4%**	4.7%	5.4%**	26.2%	26.4%
Education
No HS	3.3%	4.8%**	1.8%	3.0%**	13.3%	16.1%**
Some HS, no degree	2.7%	4.4%**	1.6%	2.6%**	14.0%	17.3%**
HS degree	3.2%	4.2%**	1.7%	2.3%**	17.2%	19.7%**
Some college	4.2%	5.6%**	2.6%	3.2%**	21.4%	24.1%**
Associate's	4.1%	5.1%**	2.5%	3.1%**	22.8%	23.5%
Bachelor's	6.6%	8.4%**	4.2%	4.9%**	28.3%	30.0%**
Master's	6.4%	8.6%**	4.3%	5.0%**	31.0%	32.8%*
Professional degree	5.0%	9.8%**	3.0%	4.9%**	11.7%	19.8%**
Ph.D	6.2%	11.8%**	4.1%	7.5%**	20.8%	28.7%**
Live alone
Yes	4.5%	5.6%**	2.7%	3.2%**	21.1%	23.0%**
No	5.3%	6.1%**	3.5%	3.7%**	22.7%	24.0%**
Live with children under age 18
Yes	4.7%	6.1%**	2.8%	3.5%**	21.7%	23.5%**
No	4.4%	4.6%**	2.7%	2.8%	20.7%	21.9%**
Live with elders age 65 or older
Yes	4.4%	5.1%**	2.7%	3.0%**	20.9%	22.3%**
No	6.0%	8.5%**	3.4%	4.7%**	23.9%	25.9%**
Live in house with Internet access
Yes	5.0%	6.1%**	3.2%	3.6%**	22.1%	24.2%**
No	4.2%	5.3%**	2.5%	3.0%**	20.6%	22.3%**
N	13,019,338	810,897	11,669,172	706,291	1,350,166	104,606

* Significant difference by disability status at p < 0.05

**p < 0.01