Three-quarters of Canadians believe a recession will happen in the next year, a rate even higher than in the United States.

In an exclusive Cheddar/YouGov poll conducted earlier this week, 28 percent of respondents said that they are currently working from home.

As COVID-19 continues to spread across the planet, the virus is affecting nearly every part of life. Since January, YouGov has been gathering data on how these facets of America are affected — from how it’s shifting the behavior of consumers and workers, to how voters are participating in democracy, to how brands are impacted.

America's worry about the coronavirus hasn’t increased much in the last week (about half worry at least somewhat about personally contracting COVID-19), but there is rising support in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll for taking stronger measures to limit its spread.

As US coronavirus deaths rise, Americans in the latest Economist/YouGov Poll are paying more attention and starting to worry, and aren’t at all sure that President Donald Trump is doing enough.

Data from the survey shows that one in three (33%) Americans say they are very or somewhat scared they will contract coronavirus, also known as COVID-19.

Roughly one in five US adults (21%) believe a major economic recession will arrive within a year.

Fears about a recession among Canadians have dipped slightly, new YouGov data shows. While global events such as the coronavirus outbreak and geopolitical tensions between the United States and other countries threaten to put pressure on the Canadian economy, the country also saw a higher-than-forecast jobs increase in January and some economists suggest the Bank of Canada could cut Interest rates this year to help buoy markets.

Overall, only a third (34%) correctly choose “below 4%” when asked about the unemployment rate, and that group includes just 46 percent of Republicans.

According to residents that indicate they commute to work or school, 78 percent of those that live in the Philadelphia metropolitan area indicate they have a “very easy” or “somewhat easy” commute.