Sheffield workers' fears over job security and income due to coronavirus crisis

Carried out by The Star and other JPI Media titles throughout the Bank Holiday weekend, the survey found that a majority of the 12,000 respondents admitted that they were worried when asked ‘how concerned are you about your job security or income from paid work due to coronavirus?’.

Of the 52.40 per cent of Star readers who revealed they have concerns, 16.06 per cent said they were ‘very concerned’.

And of the 51 per cent who have concerns nationally, 19 per cent said they were ‘very concerned’.

The majority of Star readers (41.55 per cent) who completed the survey confirmed they were still in work and earning their normal income, compared to 5.63 per cent who said their pay had been reduced during the ‘lockdown’.

However, 15.14 per cent of respondents in Sheffield revealed they have been furloughed - with 28.52 per cent not working and 9.15 per cent preferring not to say.

A total of 42 per cent of readers nationally said they were still in paid work earning their normal income, compared to eight per cent who said their income had been reduced, 16 per cent who said they were on furlough, 25 per cent who are out of work, and 10 per cent who preferred not to say.

The survey formed part of a series of questions about the ‘lockdown’ and how the different administrations have responded to it.

Almost 12,000 people completed the survey, with 6,816 respondents in England, 3,454 in Scotland and 1,018 in Northern Ireland.

The survey ran from Friday May 22 to Tuesday May 26.