If Restrictions Were Lifted Today, How Comfortable would you be to … (Part I)
There are clearly activities that Americans are more comfortable with at this time than others
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At the moment, Americans are not very comfortable participating in the economy and engaging with society during pandemic. Looking at comfort levels across various behaviors, Americans (on average) rate every activity tested at a 50 or below on a 0-100 scale.
That said, there are clearly activities that Americans are more comfortable with at this time than others. We do not know how these numbers will shift - but, as of right now going to work and visiting friends are the two activities Americans seem most likely to embrace. Interestingly, sending kids to school ranks much lower, which would make going to work very difficult for many households.
We are still far away from a comeback of the travel industry and sports/concerts being something Americans are looking to attend.
Breaking down the averages, we see that even with the activities that have the highest average, the vast majority of Americans are not very comfortable with any of these activities.
On the flip side, Americans are most uncomfortable participating in activities that involve groups of unfamiliar people, such as using plane travel, staying in an Airbnb, attending large gatherings, shaking hands, and using Uber/Lyft.
It is worth noting that a majority of Americans are very uncomfortable with sending their kids back to school.
Across gender, it’s clear that women are consistently less comfortable immediately participating in the economy and engaging with society than men are.
These differences are not night and day. However men, on average, rate their comfort level higher on each activity.
While the comfort level is not high for any of these activities, there is general consensus between age groups around activities like visiting a friend’s house down to sending kids to school.
No age cohort is looking at eating at a restaurant any time soon.
On most of the activities we asked about, there are some clear differences by age.
Except for going to work and going to a hospital where middle-aged Americans currently have the highest levels of comfort, younger Americans are more comfortable with these activates (although we could not say they are comfortable with any of them)
On average, Whites and African Americans appear to have a higher comfortable level with these activities than Hispanic Americans. The only exception is in gatherings of 100-250 people where Hispanics have the highest comfort level.
The biggest differences are when it comes to sending children back to school where Whites have by far the highest level of comfort, whereas African Americans and Hispanics are well behind.
States that ordered a mandatory stay at home early (prior to March 30th) have only a small difference from states that did so after March 30th or not at all.
The only activity where residents of early states are more comfortable is in sending kids back to school, but neither type of state has a high comfort level with any of these activities.
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