Table 4.
Share of individuals able to work from home, by 1-digit ISCO and by country
| Countries | ISCO 1 | ISCO 2 | ISCO 3 | ISCO 4 | ISCO 5 | ISCO 6 | ISCO 7 | ISCO 8 | ISCO 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | 0.29 | 0.31 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.003 | 0.009 |
| Argentina a | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.003 | 0.008 |
| Bahamas a | 0.25 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.43 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.03 |
| Barbados | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.12 | 0.48 | 0.04 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.006 |
| Belize | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.27 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Bolivia | 0.24 | 0.28 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.001 | 0.02 |
| Brazil | 0.30 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.45 | 0.06 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.003 | 0.006 |
| Chile | 0.19 | 0.34 | 0.27 | 0.44 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Colombia | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.28 | 0.49 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.005 | 0.01 |
| Costa Rica | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.002 | 0.008 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.48 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.007 |
| Ecuador | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.28 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.002 | 0.01 |
| El Salvador | 0.28 | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.003 | 0.009 |
| Guatemala | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.20 | 0.44 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.05 | 0.002 | 0.01 |
| Jamaica | 0.19 | 0.32 | 0.31 | 0.47 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Mexico | 0.23 | 0.31 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.002 | 0.009 |
| Nicaragua | 0.23 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0 | 0.04 | 0.003 | 0.01 |
| Paraguay | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.31 | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.03 | 0.001 | 0.01 |
| Peru | 0.32 | 0.29 | 0.24 | 0.43 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.006 |
| Uruguay | 0.32 | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.42 | 0.08 | 0 | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.01 |
| Venezuela | 0.30 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.40 | 0.09 | 0 | 0.01 | 0.002 | 0.004 |
Source: Harmonised Household Surveys of Latin America and the Caribbean, authors’ own calculations
Notes: ISCO 1 refers to “Managers”, ISCO 2 refers to “Professionals”, ISCO 3 refers to “Technicians and associate professionals”, ISCO 4 refers to “Clerical support workers”, ISCO 5 refers to “Service and sales workers”, ISCO 6 refers to “Skilled agricultural, forestry and fishery workers”, ISCO 7 refers to “Craft and related trades workers”, ISCO 8 refers to “Plant and machine operators, and assemblers” and ISCO 9 refers to “Elementary occupations”. The shares for the entire LAC region have been calculated as a weighted average of the population in each country, excluding Argentina and the Bahamas, which are not representative at the national level. When the information was not available, we leave the cells as empty
a Sample restricted to urban areas