One-in-four U.S. parents say they’ve struggled to afford food or housing in the past year
Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
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Additionally, about half of lower-income parents (52%) say they have not had enough money for food or their rent or mortgage.
Nearly one-in-five middle-income families report receiving unemployment benefits in 2020.
With the economic recovery gaining momentum, unemployment among immigrants is about equal with that of U.S.-born workers.
Roughly 9.6 million U.S. workers lost their jobs during the COVID-19 downturn; only about 2.6 million EU workers lost jobs in this period.
Here’s how the COVID-19 recession is affecting labor force participation and unemployment among American workers a year after its onset.
Fewer than a third (30.8%) of U.S. teens had a paying job last summer. In 2019, 35.8% of teens worked over the summer.
About four-in-ten unemployed workers had been out of work for more than six months in February 2021, about double the share in February 2020.
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
The global middle class consisted of 54 million fewer people in 2020 than the number projected prior to the onset of the pandemic.
The course of the pandemic in India and China will have a substantial effect on changes in the distribution of income at the global level.
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