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. 2020 Sep 8;32:106287. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106287

Table 4.

Consequences of covid-19 in economic activity.

Fear about consequences from the COVID-19 (%)
Death of relatives, friends or acquaintances 66
Getting sick 43
Economic crisis at home 51
Unemployment 37
Global economic crisis 33
Family issues 9
Another 4
Economic activity (%)
Professional independent 23
Non-professional independent 27
Business owner 17
Catalog merchant (Yanbal, Avon, Natura) 2
Driver (Uber, Cabify, informal transport) 6
Housework 3
Working at hairdressing salon 4
Delivery services (Rappi, Uber eats) 6
Informal employee in a business 5
Manual work (gardener, carpenter, builder) 1
Any work activity 2
Other 4
Economic activity main source of income (%) 91
Main advantage of informal work (%)
Not having a boss 21
Not having a schedule 14
Your income depends on you 40
It is a supplement income 16
Ease of entering at labor market 6
Other 3
Main disadvantage of informal work (%)
Lack of job stability 24
No wage premium or additional income payment 13
Lack of salary compensation for dismissal 3
Risks inherent in your occupation (accidents) 11
Income instability 37
Lack of social benefits 9
Other 4
Work activity paused while quarantine ends (%) 70
Average worked hours 36
Labor conditions during quarantine (%)
Working using a digital platform 63
Working using personal network 27
Working using a family network 3
Working using resources/networks 7
Has special permission to carry out the work 56
Taking protective measures to carry out the work 96
Employer has reduced hours of work 55
Consider it will be easy to return to work after quarantine 51