Other job deemed "essential" during the COVID-19 pandemic23%
Non-food manufacturing facility (e.g. metals, equipment and machinery, electronics)5%
Food and beverage store (e.g., grocery store, warehouse club, supercenters, convenience store, specialty food store, bakery)7%
K-12 school7%
Healthcare (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, long-term care, home health care, pharmacy, medical laboratory)16%
Shares in 2021
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
Healthcare (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, long-term care, home health care, pharmacy, medical laboratory)Social service (e.g., child, youth, family, elderly, disability services)
Answers as the source codes them
Healthcare (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, long-term care, home health care, pharmacy, medical laboratory)Social service (e.g., child, youth, family, elderly, disability services)Preschool or daycareK-12 schoolOther schools and instructional settings (e.g. college, university, professional, business, technical or trade school, driving school, test preparation, tutoring)First response (e.g., police or fire protection, emergency relief services)Death care (e.g., funeral home, crematory, cemetery)Correctional facility (e.g., jail, prison, detention center, reformatory)Food and beverage store (e.g., grocery store, warehouse club, supercenters, convenience store, specialty food store, bakery)Agriculture, forestry, fishing, or huntingFood manufacturing facility (e.g., meat-processing, produce packing, food or beverage manufacturing)Non-food manufacturing facility (e.g. metals, equipment and machinery, electronics)Public transit (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway, school bus)United States Postal ServiceOther job deemed "essential" during the COVID-19 pandemicNone of the aboveSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)
Other job deemed "essential" during the COVID-19 pandemic
Non-food manufacturing facility (e.g. metals, equipment and machinery, electronics)
Food and beverage store (e.g., grocery store, warehouse club, supercenters, convenience store, specialty food store, bakery)
K-12 school
Healthcare (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, long-term care, home health care, pharmacy, medical laboratory)
18–29
30–44
45–64
65+
Shares of people who gave an answer. A group’s column is left blank in waves where its effective sample is under 50; hover for exact shares.
Preschool or daycare
K-12 school
Other schools and instructional settings (e.g. college, university, professional, business, technical or trade school, driving school, test preparation, tutoring)
First response (e.g., police or fire protection, emergency relief services)
Death care (e.g., funeral home, crematory, cemetery)
Correctional facility (e.g., jail, prison, detention center, reformatory)
Food and beverage store (e.g., grocery store, warehouse club, supercenters, convenience store, specialty food store, bakery)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, or hunting
Food manufacturing facility (e.g., meat-processing, produce packing, food or beverage manufacturing)
Non-food manufacturing facility (e.g. metals, equipment and machinery, electronics)
Public transit (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway, school bus)
United States Postal Service
Other job deemed "essential" during the COVID-19 pandemic
None of the above
Group
Healthcare (e.g., hospital, doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, long-term care, home health care, pharmacy, medical laboratory)
Social service (e.g., child, youth, family, elderly, disability services)
Preschool or daycare
K-12 school
Other schools and instructional settings (e.g. college, university, professional, business, technical or trade school, driving school, test preparation, tutoring)
First response (e.g., police or fire protection, emergency relief services)
Death care (e.g., funeral home, crematory, cemetery)
Correctional facility (e.g., jail, prison, detention center, reformatory)
Food and beverage store (e.g., grocery store, warehouse club, supercenters, convenience store, specialty food store, bakery)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, or hunting
Food manufacturing facility (e.g., meat-processing, produce packing, food or beverage manufacturing)
Non-food manufacturing facility (e.g. metals, equipment and machinery, electronics)
Public transit (e.g., bus, commuter rail, subway, school bus)
United States Postal Service
Other job deemed "essential" during the COVID-19 pandemic
None of the above
n
MoE
All respondents
16%
4%
1%
7%
4%
2%
0%
0%
7%
2%
1%
5%
1%
1%
23%
27%
32786
±1
18–29
30–44
45–64
65+
Household Pulse Survey, Week 33 (2021-06-23 to 2021-07-05) · US adults 18+ living in housing units (50 states and DC). Shares of people who gave an answer. n is unweighted; ± is the 95% margin of error at 50% from the weighted effective sample. Groups with an effective sample under 50 are grayed; under 20, hidden.