"Figure 1: The proportion of adults who worked from home increased to 29%, the highest since the beginning of July 2020","" "Proportion of adults, Great Britain, 14 May to 25 October 2020","" "","" "Notes","1. See [Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronavirustheukeconomyandsocietyfasterindicators/30july2020#measuring-the-data) for full detail of the questions asked and response categories. 2. The base population for the ""Work from home exclusively"" and ""Travelled to work"" series is all adults who had a paid job. This includes employees, the self-employed; those who did any casual work for payment; or did any unpaid or voluntary work in the previous week. 3. Travelled to work series includes either travelling to work exclusively or a mixture of travelling and working from home. 4. The category ""not worked from home or travelled to work"" includes furloughed, temporary closure of business, sick leave, annual leave, maternity and paternity leave, no contracted hours that week, caring responsibilities or unknown. " "Unit","%" "","" "","Worked from home exclusively","Travelled to work","Not worked from home or travelled to work","Shopping for basic necessities (food and medicine)","Shopping for other things","Used a face covering" "14 to 17 May","33","37","","69","","" "21 to 24 May","33","36","32","69","","" "28 to 31 May","30","40","30","74","","28" "4 to 7 June ","32","37","30","73","","30" "11 to 14 June","38","41","21","74","5","39" "18 to 21 June","33","44","23","77","11","44" "25 to 28 June","29","49","23","71","11","43" "2 to 5 July","30","48","21","70","13","52" "8 to 12 July","27","50","23","68","19","61" "15 to 19 July","27","53","20","69","20","71" "22 to 26 July","24","54","22","71","20","84" "29 to 2 August","25","51","23","64","22","96" "5 to 9 August","23","55","21","68","25","96" "12 to 16 August","22","55","22","70","25","95" "26 to 30 August","20","57","23","67","24","96" "9 to 13 September","20","62","18","74","23","95" "16 to 20 September","21","64","15","74","23","96" "24 to 27 September","24","59","16","69","25","97" "30 September to 4 October","22","61","17","71","24","98" "7 to 11 October","23","65","12","72","25","98" "14 to 18 October","25","60","14","68","24","96" "21 to 25 October","29","59","13","69","23","98"