Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Young workers report more job losses- June 12, 2020

Young workers report more job losses- Drama in Gulf region, Maghreb, Southern Africa and Central America

Regions with small numbers of corona-deaths, show the biggest job losses. This is an unexpectedly contradictory pattern emerging from the continuous online corona-survey fielded by WageIndicator on March 23 and daily updated, as the number of respondents steadily grows.

On June 10, after 10 weeks of continuous data collection, the figures for 4 regional clusters are as follows (the corona death toll is the latest WHO-data).

Gulf states and Middle East

Saudi Arabia: 36% reported job loss, number of corona deaths 611
UAE: 45% job loss, 273 deaths
Qatar: 47% job loss, 45 deaths
Iraq: 21% job loss, 271 deaths
Lebanon: 41% job loss, 28 deaths
Jordan: 41% job loss, 9 deaths

Maghreb

Egypt: 32% job loss, 1126 corona deaths
Tunisia: 27% job loss, 49 corona deaths
Algeria: 30% job loss, 681 corona deaths
Morocco: 44% job loss, 208 corona deaths

Southern Africa

South Africa: 18% job loss, 848 corona deaths
Madagascar: 22% job loss, 7 corona deaths
Zambia: 18% job loss, 7 corona deaths
Zimbabwe: 12% job loss, 4 corona deaths

Central America

Costa Rica: 29 job loss, 10 corona deaths
Honduras: 49% job loss, 234 corona deaths
Guatemala: 37% job loss, 140 corona deaths
El Salvador: 42% job loss, 52 corona deaths
Nicaragua: 23% job loss, 46 corona deaths

Quote of the day, filmmaker, man, 43, SouthAfrica

My company relies on the film industry. We will most likely have to remain closed for many months. We have many employees who are unable to work. Things are very uncertain and I am concerned about finances and health for not only myself, but our staff, clients and all vulnerable people in this country.

What will the new work/life ‘normal’ become?

The Work Life Survey in Corona Times shows the impact people from across the globe expect the corona crisis will have on their working life. Regularly special issues like countries, continents, occupations, happiness, fear, small hous or having a dog are highlighted on these pages.

Its global outreach allows WageIndicator to present findings for many countries. Daily updated national survey results may be consulted here:

https://wageindicator.org/salary/living-and-working-in-times-of-the-coronavirus/work-life-in-corona-times-graphs

It is the intention to continue the survey for a long time, well into the aftermath of the present crisis. What will the new work/life ‘normal’ become?

https://wageindicator.org/Wageindicatorfoundation/projects/living-and-working-in-coronavirus-times

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