{"id":35751,"date":"2019-01-19T11:53:38","date_gmt":"2019-01-19T16:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=35751"},"modified":"2019-01-21T14:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:22:14","slug":"infographic-americans-affected-by-govt-shutdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=35751","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Americans Affected by Gov’t Shutdown"},"content":{"rendered":"
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19 Jan. 2019. The funding impasse shutting down parts of the U.S. government is now in its 29th day. As we reported in Science & Enterprise, the dispute is disrupting the conduct of science<\/a> in the U.S. and affecting the work of many agencies, including the Food and Drug Administration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, our friends at Statista<\/a> reported on a survey on how the shutdown is affecting people in the U.S., this weekend’s infographic. The results show 1 in 5 Americans (21%) are affected personally by the dispute. Those negative effects include not being able to use a government-provided service (8%), stopped from visiting a national park (7%), effects on their business (5%), not able to access a government web site (5%), and not able to apply for a passport (4%).<\/p>\n

Nearly half of those polled (46%) report knowing someone affected by the shutdown. The survey<\/a>, conducted by the Economist and market research company YouGov, queried some 1,500 Americans from 12 to 15 January.<\/p>\n

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