Are you receiving pay for the time you are not working?

Receiving pay while not working · Asked in 21 waves, 2020 · 759,875 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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No, I receive no pay90%

Yes, I receive partial pay4%

Yes, I receive full pay but do not have to take leave4%

Yes, I use paid leave2%

Shares in 2020

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

No, I receive no pay

Yes, I receive partial pay

Yes, I receive full pay but do not have to take leave

Yes, I use paid leave

18–29

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Yes, I use paid leaveYes, I receive full pay but do not have to take leaveYes, I receive partial payNo, I receive no pay

Group		Yes, I use paid leave	Yes, I receive full pay but do not have to take leave	Yes, I receive partial pay	No, I receive no pay	n

Answers as the source codes them

Yes, I use paid leaveYes, I receive full pay but do not have to take leaveYes, I receive partial payNo, I receive no paySkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21	web	69,944	28,427
Household Pulse Survey, Week 20 (2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07	web	72,484	28,849
Household Pulse Survey, Week 19 (2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23	web	71,939	28,129
Household Pulse Survey, Week 18 (2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09	web	58,729	22,856
Household Pulse Survey, Week 17 (2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26	web	88,716	33,067
Household Pulse Survey, Week 16 (2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12) Source variable UNEMPPAY. Universe: ANYWORK = 2.	2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12	web	95,604	35,771

All respondents	2%	4%	4%	90%	28427	±1
AK	2%	4%	4%	91%	616	±6
AL	4%	2%	7%	87%	404	±8
AR	1%	2%	4%	93%	372	±8
AZ	1%	2%	3%	93%	894	±6
CA	3%	4%	6%	87%	2363	±5
CO	1%	3%	4%	93%	764	±6
CT	2%	5%	5%	89%	449	±7
DC	3%	2%	5%	90%	268	±10
DE	3%	5%	3%	89%	394	±8
FL	2%	5%	3%	90%	1176	±6
GA	0%	3%	3%	93%	584	±7
HI	1%	3%	4%	91%	350	±8
IA	1%	3%	2%	94%	406	±7
ID	1%	4%	2%	93%	540	±7
IL	2%	3%	3%	92%	680	±6
IN	2%	5%	3%	91%	485	±6
KS	2%	5%	5%	89%	425	±7
KY	2%	3%	4%	92%	364	±8
LA	3%	6%	2%	90%	341	±9
MA	2%	2%	4%	92%	747	±6
MD	3%	5%	3%	89%	636	±6
ME	1%	2%	0%	97%	279	±9
MI	1%	2%	3%	94%	734	±6
MN	2%	2%	3%	93%	570	±6
MO	3%	6%	3%	89%	382	±7
MS	1%	4%	3%	92%	226	±10
MT	1%	6%	1%	92%	310	±12
NC	2%	4%	4%	90%	500	±7
ND	1%	2%	2%	94%	217	±10
NE	4%	3%	1%	93%	375	±8
NH	2%	1%	2%	94%	404	±9
NJ	5%	5%	7%	83%	526	±7
NM	2%	2%	5%	90%	669	±7
NV	4%	4%	4%	88%	578	±6
NY	2%	4%	3%	90%	545	±7
OH	2%	4%	5%	89%	408	±8
OK	2%	7%	4%	88%	438	±7
OR	1%	2%	3%	94%	788	±5
PA	3%	2%	3%	92%	725	±6
RI	4%	2%	3%	90%	323	±9
SC	1%	5%	2%	92%	402	±9
SD	1%	3%	4%	92%	234	±10
TN	1%	5%	3%	92%	434	±8
TX	2%	4%	2%	92%	1356	±6
UT	2%	5%	3%	90%	681	±6
VA	3%	3%	3%	92%	672	±6
VT	2%	1%	1%	95%	323	±9
WA	2%	2%	4%	92%	1040	±5
WI	1%	4%	6%	89%	413	±7
WV	7%	5%	2%	86%	331	±10
WY	1%	3%	3%	93%	286	±9