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November 1996, Vol. 118,
No. 11
Home-based workers: data from the 1990 Census of Population
Linda N. Edwards
Professor of Economics, Queens College,
Flushing, NY and Graduate Center, City University of New York,
New York, NY
Elizabeth Field-Hendrey
Professor of Economics, Queens
College, Flushing, NY and Graduate Center, City University of New
York, New York, NY
Data from the Public Use Microdata Sample of the 1990 Census of Population show that home-based workers are more likely than onsite workers to be self-employed, to live in rural areas, to work nonstandard hours, to be women, to be white, and to work in service industries and occupations. This article presents a study of those workers whose primary place of employment is their own home—either as a paid employee or as a self-employed worker. More specifically, a detailed description of home-based workers in 1990 is provided, using the Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS) of the 1990 Census of Population.
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