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10/01/98

Profile of Home Workers

General Telephone Company (GTE) has done a survey of        
the work-at-home employee.  They define work-at-home        
employees as  "anyone who works at home eight or more       
hours weekly, or operates a small business from the         
home."  They report that almost 25 million Americans        
are home workers.  By the year 2020 they predict a full     
30% of all the nation's work-force may be                   
telecommuting.                                              

Current home workers, says GTE, are likely to be            
married, with minor children, and largely in the age        
range of 35-45, well educated with 51% having some          
college or post-high school degrees and an average          
income of $42,000.  Home workers are largely in service     
(42%), but 12% are in manufacturing, 9% in                  
wholesale/retail, 9% in financial service, insurance        
and real estate, and 8% in construction.                    

"Profile of Home Workers", National Home Business           
Report, Vol. XI, No. 1, Spring 1991.                        

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