Table 3.

Financial and employment characteristics of respondents stranded abroad during COVID-19

Variables	n	%
Addressing financial stress	(n/836 responses)	% of respondents (n=1127)
Received financial support from family or friends	354	31.4
Other	201	17.8
Borrowed money from a bank	58	5.1
Personal savings	47	4.2
Accessed emergency financial support from the organisation or services in the country you were stuck	43	3.8
Received financial support from employer	39	3.5
Applied but did not receive a government loan	39	3.5
Early withdrawal of superannuation	27	2.4
Received a government loan to cover living costs	14	1.2
Received a government loan to cover the cost of a flight home	8	0.7
Received financial support from an insurance company	6	0.5
Current employment situation	(1250)
Working now for pay	620	56.0
Unemployed	240	21.7
Retired	82	7.4
Student	88	7.9
Unable to work due to disability or illness	18	1.6
Volunteer	23	2.1
Stay-at-home parent/caregiver	84	7.6
Other	95	8.6
Employment change while abroad	(n/717 responses)	% of respondents (n=1127)
Worked remotely	123	10.9
Lost job	119	10.6
Other	113	10.0
Resigned	77	6.8
Contract not renewed	69	6.1
Reduction of hours	63	5.6
Stood down, not working for pay, but not fired	45	4.0
Pay cut	32	2.8
Back in paid work	31	2.8
Not working but receiving government assistance	27	2.4
Increase in hours	18	1.6