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Have you, or has anyone in your household experienced a loss of employment income in the last 4 weeks? Select only one answer.

Asked of: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006

Have you or anyone in your household lost employment income in the last 4 weeks?

Household lost employment income in last 4 weeks · Asked in 45 waves, 2021–2024 · 2,939,836 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week28, week29, week30, week31, week32, week33, week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51, week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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No86%

Yes14%

Shares in 2024

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave (or one year’s average), 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

Yes

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.

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

YesNo

Answers as the source codes them

YesNoSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16	web	51,280	51,160
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19	web	59,913	59,794
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	69,756
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	71,444
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	71,484
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable WRKLOSSRV. Universe: TBIRTH_YEAR<=2006.	2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29	web	73,352

All respondents	14%	86%	51160	±0.9
AK	11%	89%	530	±7
AL	11%	89%	790	±5
AR	9%	91%	838	±5
AZ	13%	87%	1305	±4
CA	18%	82%	3305	±4
CO	16%	84%	1257	±4
CT	13%	87%	861	±5
DC	16%	84%	599	±7
DE	14%	86%	534	±6
FL	14%	86%	1697	±4
GA	13%	87%	1174	±5
HI	18%	82%	538	±7
IA	13%	87%	811	±5
ID	12%	88%	1075	±4
IL	13%	87%	1175	±4
IN	15%	85%	941	±4
KS	10%	90%	1033	±4
KY	13%	87%	792	±5
LA	16%	84%	671	±5
MA	12%	88%	1185	±4
MD	13%	87%	1136	±4
ME	11%	89%	588	±6
MI	11%	89%	1267	±4
MN	9%	91%	1052	±4
MO	12%	88%	932	±5
MS	12%	88%	697	±5
MT	8%	92%	609	±6
NC	14%	86%	859	±5
ND	8%	92%	359	±7
NE	10%	90%	870	±5
NH	10%	90%	888	±6
NJ	16%	84%	906	±4
NM	15%	85%	1061	±5
NV	21%	79%	776	±5
NY	13%	87%	890	±5
OH	10%	90%	916	±5
OK	12%	88%	872	±5
OR	15%	85%	1293	±4
PA	11%	89%	1216	±4
RI	14%	86%	506	±6
SC	9%	91%	845	±5
SD	12%	88%	542	±6
TN	17%	83%	985	±5
TX	18%	82%	2470	±4
UT	16%	84%	1644	±4
VA	10%	90%	1371	±4
VT	10%	90%	441	±8
WA	14%	86%	2105	±3
WI	11%	89%	880	±5
WV	9%	91%	666	±6
WY	11%	89%	407	±9