QUICKSTAT: Percentage of Employed Adults Who Needed to Work Closer Than 6 Feet from Other Persons All or Most of the Time at Their Main Job by Occupation

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During July–December 2020, 30.7% of all currently employed workers needed to work closer than 6 ft (2 m) from other persons at their job all or most of the time.
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A data story from the National Center for Health Statistics

Authors: Abay Asfaw, PhD; Tim Bushnell, PhD; Toni Alterman, PhD; and Regina Pana-Cryan, PhD

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The figure is a bar graph showing the percentage of employed adults who needed to work closer than 6 feet from other persons all or most of the time at their main job, by occupation, using data from the National Health Interview Survey, in the United States, during July–December 2020.
Percentage of employed adults who needed to work closer than 6 feet from other persons all or most of the time at their main job

During July–December 2020, 30.7% of all currently employed workers needed to work closer than 6 ft (2 m) from other persons at their job all or most of the time.

The four occupations with the highest percentages were health care practitioners and technicians (70.5%), health care support (69.7%), food preparation and serving (58.9%), and personal care and service (57.8%) occupations.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7049a7.htm

Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2020. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nhis/documentation/2020-nhis.html

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