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The telework racial and ethnic divide: Shares of workers who teleworked during the pandemic, by race/ethnicity
| group_value | share_tw_emp |
|---|---|
| All workers | 24.27% |
| White | 25.89% |
| Black | 20.42% |
| Hispanic | 15.19% |
| AAPI | 39.20% |
Notes: Average over May 2020–April 2021. All workers refers to workers age 16 and over. Race/ethnicity categories are mutually exclusive (i.e., white non-Hispanic, Black non-Hispanic, and Hispanic any race). AAPI includes Asian American and Pacific Islander.
Source: EPI analysis of EPI Current Population Survey Extracts, Version 1.0.14 (2021), https://microdata.epi.org and the Current Population Survey COVID supplement.
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