A new Gallup survey released Monday shows that workers across the country are divided regarding the effect the coronavirus pandemic will have on their workplace.
Half of the respondents said that the coronavirus pandemic will harm their workplace, while the other 50 percent say the COVID-19 outbreak will not.
The poll, conducted from March 2-13, reflects Americans’ reckoning with the outbreak. Researchers asked 528 adults if they think the coronavirus will have a negative effect on their company or workplace.
Of the half who believe their professional lives will be harmed, around 32 percent of those say the virus will have a “somewhat negative effect” on their workplace. The remaining 18 percent believe the situation to be more dire, saying COVID-19 would have a “very negative effect” on their workplace.
The survey notes that “the partisan nature of coronavirus attitudes nationwide is mirrored” with the data outcomes.
At 62 percent, most Republicans and Republican-leaning correspondents feel that the coronavirus would not have a negative effect on their work. For Democrats or Democratic-leaning respondents, only 40 percent said they felt it would not harm their workplace.
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A solid 60 percent of surveyed Democrats believe that there will be a negative effect on their workplaces due to coronavirus-related interruptions. A little more than half of this figure, 36 percent, of Republican respondents anticipate the same negative aftershocks of the spread of the virus.
Likewise, women are more likely to express concern over the coronavirus and its impact on their professional lives than men. The majority of women, 53 percent, anticipate a negative effect on their work. A smaller portion of 46 percent of men anticipate a negative impact on their work. Gallup theorizes that this can be explained by the prevalence of women in the part-time work force, which is more likely to see disruptions in scheduling and operations than full-time jobs.
The survey has a 95 percent confidence level and a sampling error of plus or minus 5 percentage points.
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