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    April 21, 2020
    About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19

    More than four-in-ten adults say they or someone in their household has lost a job or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19

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    More than four-in-ten adults say they or someone in their household has lost a job or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19

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    About Half of Lower-Income Americans Report Household Job or Wage Loss Due to COVID-19

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    Financial concerns mainly impact lower-income adults
    About one-quarter of workers frequently worry about losing their job
    About half of Americans say coronavirus has hurt their personal finances less than those of most other people
    About a third of Americans say they won’t be able to pay some of their bills this month
    About a third of Americans say they won’t be able to pay some of their bills this month
    Upper-income adults without rainy day funds more likely to have access to money in case of emergency
    Fewer than half of U.S. adults have emergency funds that would last three months
    More than four-in-ten adults say they or someone in their household has lost a job or taken a pay cut due to COVID-19
    Growing share of adults report job or wage loss due to COVID-19
    Most lower-income adults say they will use stimulus check to pay bills or cover essential expenses
    Economic fallout from COVID-19 is hitting lower-income adults harder
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