Table 1.
Descriptive statistics: Current Population Survey (May 2020 through July 2021).
| Variables | Total | Race and Ethnicity (Race) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian | Hispanic | ||
| Number of observations | 702,500 | 499,976 | 64,376 | 40,550 | 97,598 |
| Number of weighted observations (thousands) | 145,053 | 92,605 | 16,903 | 9270 | 26,276 |
| Percentage (weighted) | 100 | 63.8 | 11.7 | 6.4 | 18.1 |
| Outcome variable | |||||
| Teleworking because of the pandemic (%) | 22.3 | 23.7 | 18.6 | 38.3 | 13.9 |
| Mediator variables (%) | |||||
| Four-year college degree | 41.1 | 45.25 | 32.89 | 67.53 | 22.28 |
| Occupation (row %) | |||||
| Management | 75.0 | 7.9 | 6.2 | 10.9 | |
| Business and Financial | 70.1 | 9.9 | 8.7 | 11.4 | |
| Computer and Mathematical | 59.0 | 8.7 | 23.5 | 8.7 | |
| Architecture and Engineering | 70.4 | 5.5 | 13.7 | 10.4 | |
| Life, Physical, and Social Science | 68.9 | 6.8 | 15.8 | 8.5 | |
| Community and Social Service | 63.8 | 19.0 | 3.5 | 13.7 | |
| Legal | 77.5 | 8.4 | 5.3 | 8.7 | |
| Education, Training, and Library | 73.9 | 9.9 | 5.2 | 11.0 | |
| Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media | 75.1 | 7.8 | 5.6 | 11.5 | |
| Healthcare Practitioners and Technicians | 68.9 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 9.8 | |
| Healthcare Support | 48.3 | 23.8 | 6.4 | 21.5 | |
| Protective Service | 62.2 | 19.2 | 2.5 | 16.1 | |
| Food Preparation and Serving Related | 53.3 | 12.8 | 6.1 | 27.9 | |
| Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance | 45.3 | 13.0 | 2.8 | 38.9 | |
| Personal Care and Service | 60.5 | 12.3 | 10.2 | 17.0 | |
| Sales and Related | 66.8 | 10.4 | 5.3 | 17.6 | |
| Office and Administrative Support | 63.6 | 14.0 | 4.5 | 17.9 | |
| Farming, Fishing, and Forestry | 53.0 | 2.8 | 1.7 | 42.5 | |
| Construction and Extraction | 54.9 | 6.1 | 1.4 | 37.7 | |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair | 66.2 | 8.7 | 3.1 | 22.0 | |
| Production Occupations | 57.0 | 13.0 | 5.6 | 24.4 | |
| Transportation and Material Moving | 52.1 | 19.4 | 4.0 | 24.5 | |
| Control variables | |||||
| Male (%) | 53.2 | 53.1 | 47.1 | 53.3 | 57.2 |
| Age category (row %) | |||||
| 16–24 | 60.1 | 12.0 | 4.2 | 23.7 | |
| 25–34 | 59.1 | 13.1 | 7.3 | 20.5 | |
| 35–54 | 61.8 | 11.9 | 7.3 | 19.1 | |
| 55–64 | 71.9 | 10.3 | 5.3 | 12.5 | |
| 65+ | 77.7 | 8.7 | 4.6 | 9.0 | |
| Marital status (column %) | |||||
| Married | 67.9 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 16.6 | |
| Widowed, divorced, or separated | 66.7 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 16.5 | |
| Never married | 55.9 | 17.2 | 5.5 | 21.4 | |
| Family income | |||||
| $34,999 or less | 47.6 | 18.8 | 4.4 | 29.1 | |
| $35,000–$74,999 | 58.8 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 22.5 | |
| $75,000–$149,999 | 69.7 | 9.5 | 6.1 | 14.8 | |
| $150,000 or more (Reference) | 72.9 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 9.6 | |
| Full-time status (row %) | |||||
| Full-time | 65.4 | 10.8 | 5.6 | 18.2 | |
| Part-time | 63.4 | 11.9 | 6.6 | 18.1 | |
| Class of worker (row %) | |||||
| Public | 7.5 | 5.3 | 15.6 | 71.7 | |
| Private | 11.6 | 6.8 | 19.3 | 62.3 | |
| Self-employed | 15.2 | 5.0 | 13.4 | 66.5 | |
White = non-Hispanic White; Black = non-Hispanic Black; Asian = non-Hispanic Asian.