If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working or schooling remotely, do you have to share and/or take turns using various devices, internet access, or workspaces? (Q28 Wi2020)

This chart reflects responses to question #28 from the Winter 2020 survey, which asked respondents, “If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working or schooling remotely, do you have to share and/or take turns using various devices, internet access, or workspaces?” The options available were, “Yes, we take turns using the internet.”; “Yes, we are scheduling/sharing computers, laptops, or tablets”; “Yes, we are scheduling use of or sharing office space.”; “No, everyone has their own technology and space”; “It varied from day to day”; “I lived” and “No one is working or schooling remotely during COVID-19.”

There were seventy-three respondents to this question. 

• Thirty-seven (50.7%) respondents said “no, everyone had their own technology and space.” 

• Six (8.2%) respondents said they took turns using the internet. 

• Eleven (15.1%) respondents took turns using office space. 

• Five (6.8%) respondents reported scheduling or sharing use of computers/laptops/tablets. 

• Nine respondents (12.3%) reported they lived alone. 

• Seven (9.6%) respondents reported no one worked or schooled at their home. 

• Two respondents (2.7%) answered “other.” 

The data was produced by the Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 Survey - Overview, which was administered to 83 people over a fourteen week period between December 2020 and March 2021. Visit the Winter 2020 Shifting Energy Demands in COVID-19 - Survey Results page to view more data from our survey. The project is approved by Drexel’s IRB.