In the last 7 days, which best describes the primary location/setting where you worked or volunteered outside your home? Select only one answer.
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In the last 7 days, where did you mainly work or volunteer outside your home?
Work or volunteer setting outside the home, last 7 days · Asked in 15 waves, 2021–2022 · 363,082 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Periods loaded: week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48. Version of SETTING first asked in week34: wording, reference period, answer options, or (for a checkbox) the option it names or whether the question offers a 'none of these' box differ from census_pulse:setting.
HospitalNursing and residential healthcare facilityPharmacyAmbulatory healthcare (e.g. doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, medical and diagnostic laboratory, home health care)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)
Answers as the source codes them
HospitalNursing and residential healthcare facilityPharmacyAmbulatory healthcare (e.g. doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, medical and diagnostic laboratory, home health care)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)
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.
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
Hospital
Nursing and residential healthcare facility
Pharmacy
Ambulatory healthcare (e.g. doctor, dentist or mental health specialist office, outpatient facility, medical and diagnostic laboratory, home health care)
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
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Household Pulse Survey, Week 48 (2022-07-27 to 2022-08-08) · 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.