This statistic shows the percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the last year as of February 2017, by ethnicity. It was found that 38 percent of Black or African American respondents and 41 percent of White or Caucasian respondents went to work when they were sick.
Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity
Original question: How did you behave within the last year when you got sick?
Respondents could choose multiple answers.
All respondents were full-time employees.
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Statista Survey. (February 28, 2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 10, 2024, from https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity ." Chart. February 28, 2017. Statista. Accessed November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/
Statista Survey. (2017). Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity . Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 10, 2024. https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/
Statista Survey. "Percentage of Adults in The U.S. Who Went to Work When They Were Sick within The past Year as of 2017, by Ethnicity ." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2017, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/
Statista Survey, Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity Statista, https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/ (last visited November 10, 2024)
Percentage of adults in the U.S. who went to work when they were sick within the past year as of 2017, by ethnicity [Graph], Statista Survey, February 28, 2017. [Online]. Available: https://www-statista-com.ezproxy.canberra.edu.au/statistics/696466/behaviour-of-adults-when-sick-by-ethnicity-us/
