This graph shows the distribution of professional situations among the French by socio-professional category during the lockdown that was enforced because of the coronavirus epidemic (COVID-19) in March 2020. It appears that while 61 percent of managers and intellectual professions were able to work from home, 42 percent of blue-collar workers had to work on their workplace.
Breakdown of French people's professional situation during the COVID-19 confinement in March 2020, by socio-professional category*
Characteristic
You had to stop working during the lockdown (partial unemployment, sick leave, etc.)
You have to go to your workplace because your job does not allow you to work from home
You work remotely
You rotate between working remotely and going to your workplace
Blue-collar workers
53%
42%
4%
1%
White-collar workers
51%
31%
14%
4%
Self-employed workers
45%
31%
16%
8%
Executives and intellectual professions
14%
17%
61%
8%
Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents53%53%51%51%45%45%14%14%42%42%31%31%31%31%17%17%4%4%14%14%16%16%61%61%1%1%4%4%8%8%8%8%You had to stop working during the lockdown (partial unemployment, sick leave, etc.)You have to go to your workplace because your job does not allow you to work from homeYou work remotelyYou rotate between working remotely and going to your workplaceBlue-collar workersWhite-collar workersSelf-employed workersExecutives and intellectual professions
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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IFOP. (March 23, 2020). Breakdown of French people's professional situation during the COVID-19 confinement in March 2020, by socio-professional category* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142615/activity-professional-according-to-csp-confinement-france/
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IFOP. (2020). Breakdown of French people's professional situation during the COVID-19 confinement in March 2020, by socio-professional category*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 05, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142615/activity-professional-according-to-csp-confinement-france/
IFOP. "Breakdown of French People's Professional Situation during The Covid-19 Confinement in March 2020, by Socio-professional Category*." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142615/activity-professional-according-to-csp-confinement-france/
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Breakdown of French people's professional situation during the COVID-19 confinement in March 2020, by socio-professional category* [Graph], IFOP, March 23, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1142615/activity-professional-according-to-csp-confinement-france/
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