The number of Canadian women working at home is on the rise, jumping 69 percent between 1981 and 1991, but they still earn considerably less than their stay-at-home male counterparts, a federal study shows.
The Statistics Canada study says men who work at home tend to be in managerial and administrative jobs, while women are more likely to be doing lower-paid clerical or telemarketing work.
Richard Nadwodny, the author of the report, suggests that child-raising duties are the major contributing factor to lower pay scales.
“The need to devote time to children means many women working at home are part-timers supplementing the family income,” Nadwodny says.
The average income of a Canadian woman working at home is just under $14,500, according to the study.
