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| Executive Summary |
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  Introduction |
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| Uses of Work-at-Home Data |
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| Criteria for Survey Selection |
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| Organization of Report |
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| Table |
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| 1. Summary of Surveys in Study |
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| Part I. Surveying Home-Based Work |
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| Defining ‘‘Work at Home’’ |
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| Classifying the Worker |
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| Recommendation |
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| Classifying the Type and Hours of Work |
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| Phrasing of Work-at-Home Question |
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| Sequencing of Work-at-Home Questions |
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| Information Provided by Surveys |
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| Comparison of Work-at-Home Counts |
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| New Work-at-Home Questions Added to Surveys |
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| Summary of Information Available From Tagged Surveys |
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| Recommendations for Work-at-Home Questions to be Added to Surveys |
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| Counting the Work-at-Home Populations |
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| Examples of Uses of Federal Survey Data |
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| Transportation Planning and Entrepreneurial Growth |
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| Technology Impacts |
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| Tables |
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| 2. Time Reference of Survey Questions |
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| 3. Work-at-Home Data |
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| 4. Transportation-Related Work-at-Home Questions Added to Federal Surveys |
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| 5. Characteristics of Mobile Workers Collected by Surveys |
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| 6. Recommended Work-at-Home Questions |
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| 7. Counting the Work-at-Home Populations |
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| Part II. Analysis of Federal Survey Methods |
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| American Housing Survey |
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| Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) Survey |
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| Current Population Survey (CPS) |
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| CPS Multiple Jobholding Supplement |
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| CPS Computer Ownership and Use Supplement |
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| November 1994 Computer Supplement for Commerce Department |
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| Decennial Census of Population |
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| Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) |
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| National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) |
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| National Household Education Surveys (NHES) |
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| National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience |
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| National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) |
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| Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) |
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| Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) |
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| Statistics of Income (SOI) |
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| Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) |
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| Quick Survey Turnaround and Tabulation System |
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| Regional Travel Surveys |
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| 1996 Dallas-Fort Worth Household Activity Survey 24-Hour Diary |
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| 1994 Activity and Travel Survey Oregon and SW Washington |
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| Part III. Anticipating the Mobile Global Workforce |
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| Recommendations for Counting the Mobile Workforce |
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| Employees Who Work at Home |
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| Contributions of Existing Surveys |
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| Recommended Priority Questions |
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| Summary |
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| Table |
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| 8. NLS Survey Schedule |
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