Key Findings on Teleworkers From The Spring 1997 Labour Force Survey

• teleworkers were defined as people who: work in their own home or use their home as a base; have worked at least one full day at home in the reference week and used a telephone and computer for the work done at home.

• there were around 987,000 people who were teleworking in their main job in Great Britain

• around 70% of these were male

• teleworkers made up around 4% of all in employment (excluding those on Government Schemes)

• around a third of all people who were teleworkers in their main job worked in the Banking, Finance and Insurance sector

• around one in six people who were teleworkers in their main job worked in Public Administration, Education and Health

• almost 70% of people who were teleworkers in their main job were in three occupational groups -. Managers and Administrators; Professionals; and Associate Professional occupations.