According to a survey in August 2020, people on middle incomes of between 50,000 and 100,000 U.S. dollars per year were less likely to support continuing increased unemployment benefits due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With the additional payments having expired on July 31, 2020, 24 percent of middle-income respondents believed that Congress should cease the payments, compared to 18 percent of respondents earning below 50,000 U.S. dollars, and 16 percent of respondents earning above 100,000 U.S. dollars.
Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income
Annual income in U.S. dollars
Congress should renew the law and continue providing an extra $600 per week
Congress should renew the law and continue providing an extra amount less than $600 per week
Congress should let the law expire and end increased unemployment payments
Survey method not disclosed by the source.
Original question: "This spring, the U.S. Congress passed a law to provide stimulus spending to combat the economic effects of COVID-19. In the law, the federal government provided additional money, up to $600 per week, to temporarily increase unemployment payments. The provision for increased unemployment payments
expires at the end of the month. What do you think the Congress should do?"
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YouGov. "Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income." Chart. August 5, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/
YouGov. (2020). Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 31, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/
YouGov. "Support among U.S. Adults for Continuing Increased Unemployment Payments Due to Covid-19, as of August 2020, by Annual Income." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 Aug 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/
YouGov, Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/ (last visited December 31, 2024)
Support among U.S. adults for continuing increased unemployment payments due to COVID-19, as of August 2020, by annual income [Graph], YouGov, August 5, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1139427/support-us-adults-continuing-increased-unemployment-payments-coronavirus-income/
