Fewer mothers and fathers in U.S. are working due to COVID-19 downturn; those at work have cut hours
The shares of mothers and fathers who are working have fallen from 2019 to 2020, but the falloff has been comparable for each group.
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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 share of unpartnered mothers who are employed and at work has fallen more precipitously than among other parents.
The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
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.
The official U.S. unemployment rate understated the situation for women, Asian Americans, immigrants and workers without a bachelor’s degree.
Nearly one-in-four U.S. workers are employed in the industries most likely to feel an immediate impact from the COVID-19 outbreak.
More than four-in-ten U.S. businesses with paid employees are in industries likely to be financially affected more deeply by the outbreak.
90% of the decrease in employment between February and March arose from positions that could not be teleworked.
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