Percentage of Americans who have taken up new habits as a result of the impact of COVID-19 on their daily lives, according to a survey by N26: 64
Percentage who spoke to family more in the wake of COVID-19: 34
Percentage of those respondents who are committed to doing so post-pandemic: 79
Source: N26.
Percentage of Americans who credit the COVID-19 pandemic with finally teaching them how to be smart with their money, according to a survey commissioned by Slickdeals: 51
Age at which the average American becomes a frugal person: 31
Percentage who also said that they consider being called frugal a compliment: 66
Source: Slickdeals.
Percentage of employees who claim they are burnt out, up from 45% in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Eagle Hill Consulting: 58
Percentage who say it is attributable to COVID-19 circumstances, up from 25% in April: 35
Percentage who attribute burnout to their workload: 47
Source: Eagle Hill Consulting.
Percentage of Americans who did not take a summer vacation this year, according to a survey by Value Penguin: 72
Percentage of working Americans who did not use any of their paid time off this summer: 44
Additional percentage who took less time off than normal: 22
Source: ValuePenguin.com.
Percentage of small businesses that accepted Paycheck Protection Program loans from the Small Business Administration, according to CreditCards.com: 30
Percentage that accessed cash from a business savings account: 24
Percentage that used a business credit card for financing: 20
Percentage that took out another type of loan: 9
Percentage of small businesses that have depended on at least one of the aforementioned funding sources over the past five months: 70
Source: CreditCards.com.
Percentage of U.S. office workers who say that their company has made masks compulsory in the workplace, according to a survey by VoiceNation: 86
Of these, percentage who said their company requires masks to be worn at all times, in all areas: 60
Percentage who said their company requires them to be worn only in communal areas: 25
Source: VoiceNation.
Percentage of adults polled in Australia, Germany, Japan, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States who worry about the potential abuse of their personal data, according to a survey on data personalization, privacy and trust sponsored by Genesys: 91
Percentage who say their concern has grown over the last five years: 46
Percentage who say it's unacceptable for businesses to share customer details with partner vendors without first securing permission: 70
Source: Genesys.
Percentage of parents who are pursuing their own "pandemic pods," in which groups of students learn together in homes under the tutelage of a parent or hired teacher, according to a survey conducted by Discount School Supply: 27
Percentage of parents who are unfamiliar with the pod concept: 30
Source: Discount School Supply.
Percentage of K-12 educators who say the pandemic has made the public more aware of the importance of their work, according to a poll by Center for State and Local Government Excellence: 68
Percentage who indicate that they value serving their community during this difficult time: 64
Source: Center for State and Local Government Excellence.
Percentage of managers and executives who say the timing of when their companies will reopen the workplace is unknown, according to a Conference Board survey: 35
Percentage of companies that plan to reopen by the first quarter of 2021: 39
Percentage that have remained open throughout the pandemic: 13
Source: Conference Board.
Idle Thought
"Ideologies separate us. Dreams and anguish bring us together." -- Eugene Ionesco, playwright
(Readers can contact John MacIntyre at johnmacintyre@bwr.eastlink.ca.)