| Telecommuting
highlights: |
More
than ever, people can work at home in a fashion that replicates the
office. More time working and less commuting time means more time
with the family. The tangible benefits of telecommuting are many.
Here is what telecommuters say:
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77%
say it increases job satisfaction |
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72%
say it allows more time with the family |
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58%
say it permits more convenient child care arrangements |
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32%
say it allows more trips/vacations out of the city |
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30%
say it gives them greater choice on where to live |
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18%
say it lets them get by with only one vehicle |
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| Other
general
highlights: |
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half
of Canadian Internet-using families have more than one computer. |
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the
average family spends more than 1,600 hours online per year (over 32
hours per week).
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59%
of adults with a home Internet connection have purchased an item
directly online
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57%
of parents have guidelines about how and when the computer is to be
used
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48%
say they place curfews on their kids' Internet usage
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20%
of all families with home Internet access have computers that have
been networked to others within the home
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48%
of parents admit their kids have at least some influence on the
purchase of new technology for the household
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The
New Online Family
Parents are finding that as
there are more and more things for their kids to do on the computer
and online, they are having to create new rules and restrictions for
how and when their kids use the computer |
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57%
of parents have guidelines about when and how the computer is to be
used
|
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48%
say they place time limits or curfews on their kids' Internet usage
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41%
say that they have had to negotiate computer or Internet time in the
household
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When
it comes to learning about technology, 48% of parents find that they
are ahead of their kids, and 56% admit that they have learned at
least some of what they know about the Internet from their children
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