6,279 employees working at least 10 hours per week
Method of interview
Telephone interview
Supplementary notes
Employees who worked from home for the first time due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic (starting in March 2020) not included. Also not included were employees with professions in transporting people or goods.
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Share of employees using private devices to work from home in Germany 2020
In 2020, ** percent of employees in Germany who worked from home used their own private devices for work tasks at least some of the time; ** percent did not. The figures are based on a survey conducted in Germany in 2020.
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