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Working from home is sometimes referred to as telework. Did any adults in this household substitute some or all of their typical in-person work for telework because of the coronavirus pandemic, including yourself? Select only one answer.

Asked of: All person's born before 2003

Did any adults in your household switch from in-person work to telework because of the pandemic?

Household substituted telework for in-person work due to COVID · Asked in 15 waves, 2020–2021 · 1,234,704 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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No, there has been no change in telework19%

No, no adults substituted their typical in-person work for telework42%

Yes, at least one adult substituted some or all of their typical in-person work for telework39%

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.

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No, no adults substituted their typical in-person work for telework

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Yes, at least one adult substituted some or all of their typical in-person work for teleworkNo, no adults substituted their typical in-person work for teleworkNo, there has been no change in telework

Group		Yes, at least one adult substituted some or all of their typical in-person work for telework

Answers as the source codes them

Yes, at least one adult substituted some or all of their typical in-person work for teleworkNo, no adults substituted their typical in-person work for teleworkNo, there has been no change in teleworkSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29	web	77,104	77,104
Household Pulse Survey, Week 26 (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15	web	78,306	78,306
Household Pulse Survey, Week 25 (2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01	web	77,788	77,788
Household Pulse Survey, Week 24 (2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15	web	77,122	77,122
Household Pulse Survey, Week 23 (2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01	web	80,567	80,567
Household Pulse Survey, Week 22 (2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18) Source variable TW_START. Universe: All person's born before 2003.	2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18	web

All respondents	39%	42%	19%	77104	±0.8
18–29	44%	34%	21%	4983	±3
30–44	46%	36%	18%	17723	±1
45–64	42%	43%	14%	30224	±1
65+	19%	56%	24%	24174	±1