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| Home-Based Telework By U.S. Employees Grows Nearly 40% Since 2001
Dramatic Results From The Dieringer Research Group's American Interactive Consumer Survey Reported by ITAC BALTIMORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 2003--Today ITAC, the association for advancing work from anywhere, revealed significant increases in home-based telework in the United States, as uncovered by the 2003 American Interactive Consumer Survey conducted by the Dieringer Research Group. The findings are being presented by Joanne Pratt of Joanne H. Pratt Associates at ITAC's annual conference, held September 4-5 at the Radisson Lord Baltimore. Adaptive intelligence for a serious advantage: business, investment and technology- BizVantage! According to the survey, the number of employed Americans who work from home during business hours at least one day per month has increased by nearly 40 percent since 2001; for the self-employed, the equivalent increase is almost 18 percent. The report also found that 42 percent of the employee teleworkers work from home at least one day per week, and 22 percent of the employees work at home daily or nearly every day. Telework refers to work independent of location. Broadly defined, anyone who works at home, at a client's office, in a satellite office or a telework center, or on the road can be considered teleworking; the Dieringer research results announced by ITAC deal exclusively with home-based telework. "This latest research quantifies what we have believed about the growth of teleworking in America," said Tim Kane, President of ITAC and President of Kinetic Workplace. "As ITAC's own recent Telework America research on broadband noted, telework is coming of age, as the enabling technology, tools and training become available. We're indebted to The Dieringer Group for demonstrating the increasingly strong commitment of U.S. employers and workers to the benefits of working from anywhere." The American Interactive Consumer Survey, which has been conducted since 1995, offers comparative chronological data on teleworkers who worked at home during business hours at least one day per month: -- 1997 - 11.6 million employed teleworkers; 18.3 self-employed teleworkers -- 1999 - 14.4 million employed teleworkers; 19.0 self-employed teleworkers -- 2001 - 16.8 million employed teleworkers; 19.9 self-employed teleworkers -- 2003 - 23.5 million employed teleworkers; 23.4 self-employed teleworkers Note that because some survey respondents have an employer and a side business conducted from home, the employed and self-employed numbers cannot be added together. Note also that the Dieringer figures for 2001 are not directly comparable to the research results reported in ITAC's 2001 Telework America Survey Report, made possible by the financial support of AT&T. In its 2001 research, ITAC included teleworkers who work at satellite offices, telework centers and from the road, and did not include the self-employed -- the numbers for 2001 employed home teleworkers, however, are roughly equivalent in the two reports. In addition to the survey results, ITAC's annual conference is exploring "The Evolution of Telework: Lessons from the Past Empowering the Future" and celebrating ITAC's tenth anniversary. Presentations offer insight into the changes in telework over the past decade and how those experiences translate into practical benefits for the future. For additional program details, please visit www.workingfromanywhere.org. About The Dieringer Research Group Based in Milwaukee and founded in 1974, The Dieringer Research Group is a full service marketing research agency. The American Interactive Consumer Survey is the longest running primary research survey of U.S. Internet user behaviors and trends. For more information, visit www.thedrg.com. About ITAC Founded in 1993, the International Telework Association and Council (ITAC) is a non-profit organization dedicated to advancing the growth and success of work independent of location. ITAC sponsors Telework America and other research on how people are successfully working from anywhere; holds online and in-person educational events; distributes the e-Work Guide, a comprehensive report on how to start up telework; disseminates information about telework practices and statistics; and assists businesses and the public to optimize the advantages of working from anywhere. Information on ITAC and its activities is available at www.workingfromanywhere.org; by telephone at 781-876-8815, or by sending email to info@workingfromanywhere.org. Free subscriptions to ITAC's newsletter, which includes news and case studies about working remotely, as well as updates on ITAC activities, are available on the Web site's home page.
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