Globally, 32% of people reported that their employment was impacted by the pandemic. This includes loss of work due to layoffs, business closures or downsizes, reduction of hours or salary, illness, caretaking and educating children.
Of those who were impacted, only 44% returned to their original job or something similar with the same hours. A total of 14% remain unemployed due to the inability to find work and 16% remain unemployed for other reasons.
27% of respondents live with another adult contributing towards the household whose employment was also impacted by the pandemic.
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Globally, 84% of parents of school-aged children say their kids have done at least some in-home learning since August 2020.
Nearly 2 in 5 parents reported that their school-aged children have been educated from home full-time since August 2020. More than 4 of 5 said their children have been doing at least some in-home learning.
When asked about academic related concerns for children who have done in-home learning since August 2020, parents largely reported “my children falling back academically” (32%), followed by “the social impact on their children” (31%).
For those parents with children that have been learning in-school only, the majority (33%) have no academic concerns for their children.
Globally, in the grocery, clothing, and household goods categories, respondents indicated a desire to reduce the amount of online shopping they have been doing and increase the amount of in-store shopping after a COVID-19 vaccine has been widely distributed.
The largest shift was seen in the clothing category, with a 10% increase for in-store clothing shopping post-pandemic.
People indicated there is little to no desire to change the online shopping for in-store pickup they have been doing post-pandemic.
Grocery (i.e. flour, pasta, bread) and Paper Products (i.e. toilet paper, paper towels) were the largest categories where consumers were forced to trial a new brand during the pandemic due to a lack of availability.
Of the 29% of respondents who were forced to trial a new paper product brand, 91% say “yes” they have already or plan to return to their original brand choice.
Only 10% of those who were forced to trial a new grocery brand made the decision to continue buying the new brand (“no” they won’t switch back to their original brand).
Globally, the majority of people (71%) claim they are likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccine when available to them. Only 20% of people indicate an unlikelihood of being vaccinated.
When asked why, those who plan not to get vaccinated most frequently claimed "safety of the vaccine" (46%) and "wanting more information before deciding" (29%) as their top two reasons.
Globally, more physicians (59%) than consumers (40%) indicated they were dissatisfied with the way government and health authorities are organising the vaccination campaign in their country.
In some countries, there has been guidance from government or health authorities advising that if a person who has received their first coronavirus vaccine injection goes back for their second, but the same vaccine type brand is not available, or the first vaccine type brand is unknown, then it is "reasonable" to offer a dose of another vaccine brand.
When physicians were asked if they agreed that mixing vaccine brands may be appropriate in some circumstances, only 35% agreed globally.
All vaccine related data excludes respondents from Mainland China.
