Counting the New Mobile Workforce
Thursday, March 23, 2017
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Counting the New Mobile WorkforceBTS97-A-01 |
| Table of Contents | File Formats |
|---|---|
| Entire Report |
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| Executive Summary | |
| Introduction | |
| Uses of Work-at-Home Data | |
| Criteria for Survey Selection | |
| Organization of Report | |
| Table | |
| 1. Summary of Surveys in Study | |
| Part I. Surveying Home-Based Work | |
| Defining ‘‘Work at Home’’ | |
| Classifying the Worker | |
| Recommendation | |
| Classifying the Type and Hours of Work | |
| Phrasing of Work-at-Home Question | |
| Sequencing of Work-at-Home Questions | |
| Information Provided by Surveys | |
| Comparison of Work-at-Home Counts | |
| New Work-at-Home Questions Added to Surveys | |
| Summary of Information Available From Tagged Surveys | |
| Recommendations for Work-at-Home Questions to be Added to Surveys | |
| Counting the Work-at-Home Populations | |
| Examples of Uses of Federal Survey Data | |
| Transportation Planning and Entrepreneurial Growth | |
| Technology Impacts | |
| Tables | |
| 2. Time Reference of Survey Questions | |
| 3. Work-at-Home Data | |
| 4. Transportation-Related Work-at-Home Questions Added to Federal Surveys | |
| 5. Characteristics of Mobile Workers Collected by Surveys | |
| 6. Recommended Work-at-Home Questions | |
| 7. Counting the Work-at-Home Populations | |
| Part II. Analysis of Federal Survey Methods | |
| American Housing Survey | |
| Characteristics of Business Owners (CBO) Survey | |
| Current Population Survey (CPS) | |
| CPS Multiple Jobholding Supplement | |
| CPS Computer Ownership and Use Supplement | |
| November 1994 Computer Supplement for Commerce Department | |
| Decennial Census of Population | |
| Health and Retirement Survey (HRS) | |
| National Education Longitudinal Study (NELS) | |
| National Household Education Surveys (NHES) | |
| National Longitudinal Surveys of Labor Market Experience | |
| National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH) | |
| Nationwide Personal Transportation Survey (NPTS) | |
| Panel Survey of Income Dynamics (PSID) | |
| Statistics of Income (SOI) | |
| Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) | |
| Quick Survey Turnaround and Tabulation System | |
| Regional Travel Surveys | |
| 1996 Dallas-Fort Worth Household Activity Survey 24-Hour Diary | |
| 1994 Activity and Travel Survey Oregon and SW Washington | |
| Part III. Anticipating the Mobile Global Workforce | |
| Recommendations for Counting the Mobile Workforce | |
| Employees Who Work at Home | |
| Contributions of Existing Surveys | |
| Recommended Priority Questions | |
| Summary | |
| Table | |
| 8. NLS Survey Schedule |