Even in industries where majorities can telework, some face challenges working from home during pandemic
A majority of workers in only four out of nine industries studied say that the responsibilities of their job can be done from home.
A majority of workers in only four out of nine industries studied say that the responsibilities of their job can be done from home.
The charts below allow for comparisons between racial or ethnic groups over time on a range of measures including educational attainment, household income, life expectancy and others. You may select any two groups at a time for comparison.
Some of Americans’ pandemic adaptations have relied on technology, including adults working from home and students learning online.
A median of 62% of adults across the 14 countries surveyed this summer generally believe most people can be trusted.
As school districts across the United States continue to grapple with the best way to provide instruction amid the coronavirus outbreak, most parents of students in K-12 schools express concern about their children falling behind in school because of disruptions caused by the pandemic.
Half of U.S. adults say colleges and universities that brought students back to campus made the right decision, while 48% say they did not.
38% of parents with children whose K-12 schools closed in the spring said that their child was likely to face digital obstacles in schoolwork.
Between February and June 2020, the share of young adults who are neither enrolled in school nor employed has more than doubled.
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 gender gap in party identification remains the widest in a quarter century.