Many working parents with young children say finding backup care would be very difficult
51% of working parents of children younger than 12 say it has been at least somewhat difficult to handle child care responsibilities recently.
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51% of working parents of children younger than 12 say it has been at least somewhat difficult to handle child care responsibilities recently.
Earnings overall have held steady through the pandemic in part because lower-wage workers experienced steeper job losses.
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.
The gender wage gap is narrower among younger workers nationally, and the gap varies across geographical areas.
49% of Americans say the availability of affordable housing in their local community is a major problem, up 10 points from early 2018.
The biggest takeaway may be the extent to which the decidedly nonpartisan virus met with an increasingly partisan response.
The share of mothers who said it would be best for them to work full time dropped from 51% to 44% between 2019 and 2020.
In the United States, the transience of economic status varies significantly across racial and ethnic groups and by level of education.
About half of U.S. adults who are currently unemployed and are looking for a job are pessimistic about their prospects for future employment.
Recent pandemic migrants are more likely than those who moved earlier in the outbreak to have relocated due to financial stress.
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