If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working/schooling remotely, what kind of technology is required for work and school? (Q26 WI2020)

Image

Format

png

License

Creative Commons Licence

Creator(s)

Created Date

April 22, 2021 - 2:30pm

Contributed date

April 22, 2021 - 3:37pm

Critical Commentary

The chart reflects responses to Question #26 from the Winter 2020 survey, which asked: “If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working/schooling remotely, what kind of technology is required for work and school?” The pre-structured options were “laptops, computers or tablets”; “computer accessories such as microphones, headsets, etc”; “a landline”; “cloud hosting”; “virtual meeting applications”; “internet”; “cloud hosting”; “an email address”; and “an unlimited data plan.”

Sixty-five respondents answered this question. 

  • Sixty-two respondents (95.4%) reported that they needed computers, laptops, or tablets. 

  • Thirty-two respondents (49.2%) reported that they required computer accessories such as microphones or headsets. 

  • Fifty-five respondents (84.6%) reported that they needed an email address. 

  • Five respondents (7.7%) reported that they needed a landline. 

  • Eleven respondents (16.9%) reported that they required cloud hosting. 

  • Sixty respondents (92%) mentioned requiring a virtual meeting application. 

  • Sixty-four respondents (98.5%) responded that they required an internet connection. 

  • Thirty-one respondents (47.7%) reported that they required unlimited data. 

  • Six respondents (9.2%) answered “other” (half mentioned their cell phone and the other half mentioned electricity.) 


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.

Language

English

Cite as

Andrew Rosenthal, 22 April 2021, "If you and members of your COVID-19 household are working/schooling remotely, what kind of technology is required for work and school? (Q26 WI2020)", contributed by Andrew Rosenthal and Alison Kenner, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 30 June 2021, accessed 29 March 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/if-you-and-members-your-covid-19-household-are-workingschooling-remotely-what-kind-0