China News Service, July 28th. According to a comprehensive report by the US "World Journal", after the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia in the United States, various places have promulgated home shelter regulations, which greatly affected the people's time use and allocation.
The New York Times reported that the latest "American Time Use Survey" report shows that among workers of all ethnicities, the daily working hours of Asian workers who work remotely from home in 2020 far exceed Working hours in the office.
For many Americans, the loss of opportunities to interact with others during the epidemic will make 2020 a very lonely year, not just for the elderly living in nursing homes, but also for the young people living in small apartments.
In this survey, the researchers used the Bureau of Labor Statistics data and the daily working hours from May to December 2019 and May to December 2020 as a comparison.
On the whole, American workers who still go to work during the 2020 epidemic have reduced their daily working hours by about 1 hour and 39 minutes compared with the same period in 2019. American workers who changed to work from home during the epidemic have their daily working hours compared to 2019. An increase of 1 hour and 38 minutes over the same period.
In terms of ethnicity, Asian workers who changed to work remotely from home during the epidemic have increased their daily working hours by 4 hours and 21 minutes compared with the same period in 2019. White workers who work remotely increase their daily working hours by 1 hour and 36 minutes. Workers increased by 1 hour and 1 minute, and Hispanic laborers increased by 1 hour and 14 minutes.
During the epidemic period, Asian workers who were still working at their original jobs reduced their daily working hours by 3 hours and 28 minutes, white workers by 1 hour and 32 minutes, African-American workers by 34 minutes, and Hispanic workers by 1 hour and 36 minutes.
Among all ethnic groups, only Asian laborers were working remotely during the epidemic, and the daily working hours exceeded the working hours still at work.
Statistics show that Asian laborers and white laborers have more opportunities to work remotely from home during the epidemic period than other ethnic laborers, and Hispanic laborers are the ethnic group most likely to be unemployed.
The work performed by African-American workers is most likely to remain at work during the epidemic.
The survey results pointed out that during the epidemic last year, the daily time for the American people to contact and interact with people other than their family members has shrunk by about 1 hour and 30 minutes compared with the same period in 2019.
This situation is particularly obvious for people living alone. Statistics show that during the epidemic, Americans living alone spend an average of 20 hours a day sleeping or alone, with the elderly the most. Adolescents between the ages of 15 and 19 were alone for about 6 hours a day during the epidemic, an increase of about 4 hours and 30 minutes over the same period in 2019. (Yan Lingru)