Unemployment rose higher in three months of COVID-19 than it did in two years of the Great Recession
The experiences of several groups of workers in the COVID-19 outbreak vary notably from how they experienced the Great Recession.
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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.
While the CDC has pointed to some possible factors that may be contributing to this pattern, the public is divided in its perceptions.
Here’s what our surveys have found about how Americans across the age spectrum have experienced the coronavirus pandemic.
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.
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.
More than four-in-ten U.S. businesses with paid employees are in industries likely to be financially affected more deeply by the outbreak.
Distress levels changed little overall from March to April, but this concealed considerable change at the individual level over this period.
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