"The proportion of British adults who travelled to work decreased by three percentage points to 56%, its lowest since mid-August","" "Proportion of adults, Great Britain, 14 May to 1 November 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 Aug","25","51","23","64","22","96" "5 to 9 Aug","23","55","21","68","25","96" "12 to 16 August","22","55","22","70","25","95" "26 to 30 Aug","20","57","23","67","24","96" "9 to 13 Sept","20","62","18","74","23","95" "16 to 20 Sept","21","64","15","74","23","96" "24 to 27 Sept","24","59","16","69","25","97" "30 Sept to 4 Oct","22","61","17","71","24","98" "7 to 11 Oct","23","65","12","72","25","98" "14 to 18 Oct","25","60","14","68","24","96" "21 to 25 Oct","29","59","13","69","23","98" "28 Oct to 1 Nov","28","56","14","73","23","97"