Table 2:

Changes in Employment and Hours: 2019 and April 2020

Employment Variable	%
	2019	April 2020	Difference
Household in which the respondent is mostly employed	76.4	55.5	−20.9
Household in which the spouse is mostly employed	73.2	52.2	−21.0
COVID-19-caused employment status change—at least one spouse		29.5
Respondents who report having been laid off as of April 2020
Male		20.5
Female		23.9
Typical work hours per week, %
Working respondents	37.8	35.4	−6.3
Working spouses	37.1	34.9	−5.9
Respondents who worked less in April 2020 because of COVID-19
Male respondents		32.0
Female respondents		32.0
Reduction in hours in April 2020
Male respondents		26.7
Female respondents		29.5

Notes: N = 3,009. To render the survey representative of the population of Quebecers aged 25-64 yr, statistical weights were constructed on the basis of the 2016 Census and applied to the raw data. Blank cells indicate that the respective time frame is not applicable to a variable. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.

Source: Retirement and Savings Institute–Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics–Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations Web survey conducted from 8 to 20 May 2020 using the AskingCanadians panel.