The charts below show the main reasons workers chose to work at home, and the hours males and females worked at home for the year 2005.

The first diagram illustrates the reasons

men

and women chose to work at

home

in 2005.

Overall

, running their own businesses was the main reason for both

males

and

females

(69% and 65% respectively).

In contrast

, approximately a quarter of

males

put flexibility as a reason, which was twice as high as the female responses (26% and 12% respectively). For childcare, the pattern was different again with almost a quarter of

females

giving

this

reason compared to very few

males

(5%) The second diagram shows the

hours

men

and women worked at

home

in 2005. The vast

maiority

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majority

of

males

worked over _31

hours

per week (82%) contrasting with a minority of

females

(5%) doing similar

hours

.

This

pattern is reversed when examining the under ten

hours

category with almost

three quarters

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three-quarters

show examples

of

females

working

this

amount compared to only 2% of

males

. The 10-30

hours

per week category shows fewer marked differences.

To sum up

, it can be seen that

men

and women do not always give the same reasons for

home

working and,

In_general

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in general

,

men

work longer

hours

at

home

.