The bar chart illustrates the primary reasons why employees opted to work from home in 2019, while the table provides insights into the number of hours males and females worked remotely during the same period.
Overall, saving money emerged as the most prominent reason for working from home across both genders. However, there were notable gender differences in the number of hours worked, with males tending to work significantly more hours from home than females.
According to the bar chart, the most common motivation for males to work from home was to reduce expenses, with 45% of male workers citing this as their primary reason. A smaller proportion of males (24%) worked from home for increased productivity, and just 4% did so to manage childcare responsibilities. In contrast, while 42% of females also worked from home to save money, there was a striking disparity in the reasons related to childcare. For females, 26% cited childcare as their main reason for working remotely, a significant difference compared to the minimal percentage of men who did so for this reason. Only 11% of females worked from home to improve productivity, which was considerably lower than their male counterparts.
The table further underscores gender differences in the hours worked from home. A staggering 81% of males worked over 30 hours per week, compared to just 6% of females. Conversely, a vast majority of females (74%) worked fewer than 10 hours per week, compared to only 3% of males. The proportion of people working between 10 and 30 hours per week was relatively modest, with 16% of males and 22% of females falling into this category.