who worked exclusively in a home-based business worked an average of 37.14 hours per

week, with typical hours ranging for this group from 10 to 60 hours per week. Two

women also reported working in a home-based business in addition to their full-time

employment, while 10 women only reported having a home-based business. The women

who worked exclusively in a home-based business worked an average of 19.78 hours per

week, with typical hours ranging from 5 to 40 hours per week. One of the women in this

group did not specify her typical working hours, noting only that they vary.

Table 3-4. Participants' Current Employment Status
Employment Status Frequency Percent (%) Cumulative Cumulative %
 (f) f
 M F M F M F M F
 Employed full-time 113 53 85.61 40.15 113 53 85.61 40.15
 Employed part-time 6 19 4.54 14.39 119 72 90.16 54.54
 Work in home-based 7 10 5.30 7.58 126 82 95.46 62.12
 business
 Not employed outside 5 50 3.79 37.88 131 132 99.25 100
 the home
 Did not respond: 1 0 0.76 0 132 132 100 100


Household income

 The participants reported a wide range of household incomes. However, the

household income level most reported by the participants was over $100,000 (26.52%).

Only 11 participants (4.17%) reported a household income of less than $20,000. The

majority of the participants (58.33%) reported household income levels that were fairly

evenly distributed among the income levels ranging from $20,000 to $80,000. Seven

participants (2.65%) did not respond to this item.