In related news, 90% have either coughed or died suddenly.
Losing hours and losing jobs are two very different things, conflating statistics like this is counterproductive to understanding.
Losing hours and losing jobs are two very different things, conflating statistics like this is counterproductive to understanding.
I don't think the article is trying to say "18% of workers have basically lost their jobs!!!", but rather to give a sense of how many people's incomes are impacted.
> Some 18% of adults reported that they had been laid off or that their work hours had been cut
Basically that it was answering one specific question: How many had pay impacted. But that it doesn't answer these other questions that yes would in fact be very useful, including a breakdown.
Did I prick my finger or lose 4 pints of blood! == Less overtime or fired.
Like I said, I think it's great to split them out if you can, but let's not minimize actual pain people are going to be going through right now. Especially on a site where the average income is so much higher than most.