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Which one of the following best describes your employment status last week?
Employment status last week during COVID-19 · Asked in 2 waves, 2020 · 5,204 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses
Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.
| Group | Employed | Self-employed | Not working, but being paid my normal wages | Temporarily laid off or furloughed | Not employed, but looking for a job | Not employed and not looking for a job | n | MoE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All respondents |
| Poll | Field dates | Mode | Respondents | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SHED supplemental survey, July 2020 | 2020-07-01 to 2020-07-31 | web | 4,174 | 4,174 |
| SHED supplemental survey, April 2020 | 2020-04-01 to 2020-04-30 | web | 1,030 | 1,030 |
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.
| 51% |
| 7% |
| 1% |
| 4% |
| 5% |
| 31% |
| 4174 |
| ±2 |
| 18–29 | 68% | 4% | 0% | 6% | 11% | 11% | 717 | ±4 |
| 30–44 | 65% | 7% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 16% | 962 | ±3 |
| 45–64 | 56% | 8% | 2% | 5% | 3% | 26% | 1503 | ±3 |
| 65+ | 10% | 7% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 78% | 992 | ±3 |
SHED supplemental survey, July 2020 · US adults 18+. 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.