Table 3.

Reasons for decline in hours by May.

	% with hours fall	Emp. cuts	Furlough	Unemp.	Loss of self-emp. business	Health	Caring
Report an hours fall	63	10	36	8	10	6	7
Gender:
Men	63	10	35	9	12	6	5
Women	63	10	36	8	9	6	8
Ethnicity:
Not BAME	63	10	37	7	10	6	6
BAME	64	12	22	20	13	10	13
Age:
Age 20–29	66	9	46	18	5	5	3
Age 30–39	61	9	36	7	8	4	15
Age 40–49	60	8	33	4	12	6	11
Age 50–59	63	13	32	6	12	7	2
Age 60–65	67	8	29	10	14	11	1
Household type:
Adult, no child	59	15	28	14	9	8	1
Adult, child	60	13	46	2	10	2	13
Adults, no child	62	10	38	9	9	6	2
Adults, child	64	9	35	7	11	6	14
Pre-COVID-19 income
quintile:
1	69	13	35	12	14	9	8
2	69	10	44	8	9	6	8
3	62	9	44	5	8	5	6
4	59	9	32	9	7	5	6
5	58	9	22	9	13	6	7
Worker type:
Fixed hours	56	11	43	8	0	5	5
Flexible hours	67	8	29	8	0	2	11
Emp. sets (sure min.)	72	19	49	6	0	6	4
Emp. sets (no min.)	89	11	49	35	0	4	3
Self-employed	86	2	6	6	53	11	14

Notes: The table refers to 6038 individuals employed in either February or April or both. Columns 2–7 report the fraction of those experiencing a decline in weekly work hours by May who give reasons for the decline. Respondents can report multiple reasons for an hours decline and so the columns do not sum to one. BAME refers to Black, Asian and Minority ethnic groups. Household type is measured in May and Worker type in February. “Emp. sets (sure min)” are contracts where the employer chooses the hours of the worker, but guarantees a minimum number of hours; “Emp. sets (no min)” are contracts where the employer chooses the hours of the worker and does not guarantee to offer any hours. Pre-COVID-19 income quintiles are assigned on the basis of household income averaged across up to 3 previous waves of the main study.