In the pandemic, the share of unpartnered moms at work fell more sharply than among other parents
The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
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The share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
The number of American homeowners increased by an estimated 2.1 million over the past year, according to the Census Bureau.
The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.
The official U.S. unemployment rate understated the situation for women, Asian Americans, immigrants and workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Response to the pandemic has pushed the federal budget higher than it’s been in decades, but Americans are slightly less concerned about the deficit than in recent years.
While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
65% of U.S. adults say that they have personally worn a mask in stores or other businesses all or most of the time in the past month.
37% of those ages 18 to 29 say they moved, someone moved into their home or they know someone who moved because of the outbreak.
The drop in employment in three months of the COVID-19 recession is more than double the drop effected by the Great Recession over two years.
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