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Who wanted to work from home? A demographic study of attitudes to remote work in 2025

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This report repeats a survey of Swedish office workers to examine how attitudes to remote work changed between 2022 and 2025. It analyses differences by age, region, gender and family situation. Average remote work remained around 1.7–1.8 days per week, while preferences and patterns varied between groups: workers aged 36–49 reported the most home-working days, women in this age group placed especially high value on flexibility, and regional differences remained substantial. These are descriptive survey findings and should be read as reported preferences, not causal effects.

Grafström, J. (2026). Vem ville jobba hemifrån? En demografisk undersökning av inställningar till distansarbete år 2025. Ratio.. Who wanted to work from home? A demographic study of attitudes to remote work in 2025

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Jonas Grafström
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2026
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