EMBARGOED UNTIL: 12:01 A.M. EDT, MAY 7, 1998 (THURSDAY) Public Information Office CB98-78 301-457-3030/301-457-3670 (fax) 301-457-4067 (TDD) e-mail: pio@census.gov Phillip Salopek/Gloria Swieczkowski 301-457-2454 Previously Unpublished Census Data Show Jump In Number of People Who Work at Home The Commerce Department's Census Bureau today released previously unpublished data from the 1990 Census of Population and Housing showing a 56 percent increase over 1980 in the number of people who work at home in their primary jobs. These workers numbered 2.2 million in 1980 and 3.4 million in 1990. A two-page "census brief" and six supporting tables may be accessed on an embargoed basis at http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. After the release time, they will be available on the Census Bureau's public Internet site at http://www.census.gov/prod/www/titles.html. The brief, titled Increase of At-Home Workers Reverses Earlier Trend, CENBRF/98-2, and the tables date from 1960, when these data were first collected in a census, through 1990. Prior to 1990, the trend was a steady decline in the number of people who worked at home. The data are scheduled to be collected again in Census 2000. The data include age, gender, race, Hispanic origin, occupation, earnings, education, hours and weeks worked and industry. Designated as CPH-L-195, computer printouts of the tables can be obtained for $15 from the Census Bureau's Population Information Staff on 301-457-2422. A printed version of the brief is available at no charge from the same office.-X-Editor's Note: The Public Information Office now has a media-access server for embargoed news releases and data sets. It is available to accredited media representatives only. To gain access, please contact us for a username and password. The media-access server's Internet address is http://www.census.gov/dcmd/www/embargo/embargo.html. We would appreciate any comments you may have about the site. The Census Bureau pre-eminent collector and provider of timely, relevant and quality data about the people and economy of the United States. In more than 100 surveys annually and 20 censuses a decade, evolving from the first census in 1790, the Census Bureau provides official information about America's people, businesses, industries and institutions.
