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

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and women chose to work at

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in 2005.

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, running their own businesses was the main reason for both

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and

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(69% and 65% respectively).

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, approximately a quarter of

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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

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giving

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reason compared to very few

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(5%) The second diagram shows the

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men

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and women worked at

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in 2005. The vast

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majority

of

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worked over _31

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per week (82%) contrasting with a minority of

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(5%) doing similar

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.

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pattern is reversed when examining the under ten

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category with almost

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of

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working

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amount compared to only 2% of

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. The 10-30

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per week category shows fewer marked differences.

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, it can be seen that

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and women do not always give the same reasons for

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working and,

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in general

,

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work longer

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at

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.