Home on the rage

[j4]

Does anybody know whether a majority of households in the UK include one adult who stays at home during some/all of the working day?

I'm just wondering how to account for the fact that commercial companies always seem to be extremely surprised when I tell them that I can't actually stay in all day, every day, on the offchance that they might turn up, as I have a full-time job.

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[bopeepsheep.livejournal.com]

Economic inactivity (http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nugget.asp?ID=1427&Pos=&ColRank=1&Rank=374)'s the phrase to use; the other figures I've used above are from a different source that cross-references ONS. :)