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Employment situation during Covid-19 outbreak

Mar 31, 2020

Q. Which of the following best describes the impact of Covid-19 on your work:

		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
I wasn’t in paid work before the Covid-19 outbreak	41%	34%	47%	27%		27%	65%	37%	48%
I was in paid work before the Covid-19 outbreak but am not now	19%	20%	17%	32%		17%	9%	20%	16%
I’m still in paid work but am worried about losing my job because of the Covid-19 outbreak	25%	28%	22%	31%		34%	11%	28%	18%
I’m still in paid work and am not worried about losing my job because of the Covid-19 outbreak	16%	18%	14%	11%		22%	14%	15%	17%
Base (n)	1,086	539	547	341		362	383	727	359

25% of participants are worried about losing their job because of the Covid-19 outbreak and another 19% were in paid employment before the outbreak, but now are not.
32% of 18-34 year olds say they were in paid work before the Covid-19 outbreak but am not now – this is higher than 35-54 year olds (17%).

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