{"id":40461,"date":"2020-12-05T12:25:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sciencebusiness.technewslit.com\/?p=40461"},"modified":"2020-12-05T12:25:48","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T17:25:48","slug":"infographic-wearing-a-mask-in-stores-increases","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technewslit.com\/sciencebusiness\/?p=40461","title":{"rendered":"Infographic – Wearing a Mask in Stores Increases"},"content":{"rendered":"
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5 Dec. 2020. Throughout much of the Covid-19 pandemic in the U.S., people reluctant to wear a face mask often voiced their displeasure, sometimes in very public ways<\/a>. A new Pew Research Center survey, however, suggests the vast majority of Americans are wearing masks in stores and businesses, no matter if they like it or not.<\/p>\n

The Pew Center’s poll<\/a> shows nearly nine in 10 adults (87%) in the U.S. last month say they wear a mask when shopping in stores. While the percentage has changed little since the 85 percent recorded in September, only about two-thirds of Americans (65%) in June said they wore masks in stores.<\/p>\n

Also since the Pew Center’s June survey, the partisan divide between mask wearers and non-wearers in the U.S. has shrunk. In June roughly half (53%) of Republicans said they wore a mask in stores, compared to three-quarters (76%) of Democrats. In November, about eight in 10 Republicans (81%) said they wore masks in stores, as did nine in 10 Democrats (91%). On a separate question, Republicans say they’re getting used to mask-wearing requirements in stores, with 64 percent indicating they’re not bothered by the mandates, but 36 percent are still bothered by these rules.<\/p>\n

These data are drawn from a survey of 12,648 participants in Pew Research Center\u2019s American Trends Panel<\/a>, conducted 18 to 29 Nov. The online survey panel is recruited through national random sampling of residential addresses.<\/p>\n

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