When did COVID-19 begin to impact your housing, employment, and school conditions? (Q2 - W2021)

This chart reflects responses to Question #2 from the Winter 2020 survey which asked: “When did COVID-19 begin to impact your housing, employment, and school conditions?” This was an open ended question. The categorized responses are as follows:

• February 2020
• March 2020
• Wasn’t affected
• Didn’t have significant impacts
• Affected everything (work, school, housing, etc)
• I became unemployed due to COVID-19
• Was unemployed prior to COVID-19
• COVID-19 has significantly impacted my financials
• Moved to remote setting
• On disability
• Changed sanitation habits
• Impacted my interactions with the health system
• Saw living arrangements re-structured due to COVID-19
• Care-taking responsibilities changed
• Impacted my or my children’s schooling
• Changed recreational habits
• Covid impacted work, housing, or schooling later than March

A total of 81 respondents answered this question. The total number of responses categorized will add up to more than 81 because one answer could fit multiple categories.

• 7 respondents noted impacts already in February, even though impacts were not specified;
• 53 respondents noted they saw impacts in March;
• 4 respondents noted they were not affected;
• 2 respondents said they did not witness significant impacts;
• 10 respondents noted everything was affected (including work, school, and housing);
• 6 respondents noted they became unemployed due to COVID-19;
• 2 respondents were unemployed prior to COVID-19;
• 7 respondents noted their financials were significantly impacted, even whilst employed, because of COVID-19; 
• 5 respondents noted their working conditions moved to a remote setting;
• 2 respondents said they were on disability;
• 3 respondents noted changes in their sanitation habits (mask wearing, clothes washing, etc.);
• 4 respondents noted some impact in how or when they interacted with the health system (this includes doctors’ visits or even contracting COVID-19);
• 5 respondents saw living arrangements restructured due to COVID-19; 
• 2 respondents saw their care-taking responsibility changed;
• 4 respondents said COVID-19 impacted either their or their children’s schooling;
• 10 respondents noted a change in recreational habits;
• 7 respondents noted COVID-19 impacts were felt more significantly at a later time than March.

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.