The main objective of this paper is to examine the amount and motives of teleworking and the relation between daily travel pattern and telework. The results come from an Internet-based survey. 2700 persons have answered questions about their use of information- and communication technology (ICT) at home. The respondents were recruited through their participation in the Norwegian national passenger travel survey carried out in 2005 (NPTS 2005). During the interview (by telephone) in NPTS people 18 years or older with access to Internet at home were asked to participate in this Internet survey. Approximately 900 of the respondents answered questions about doing work at home. Data from NPTS 2005 and the Internet survey were then merged. A little less than half of the employees (48 percent) have the possibility to work at home, and the majority of them occasionally do so, in average 1.3 full workdays per month. In total 40 percent of the employees say they work at home on irregular basis. Only 9 percent have a written agreement with the employer about work at home. The results show that 40 percent of the employees work whole days or parts of a day home during a month. Motives related to work are the most important reasons to telework. The transport related reasons are mentioned by less than 10 percent. When comparing travel activity and transport mode for those who work at home with those who don’t, only minor differences are found.
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