"Figure 2: In the week ending 13 December 2020, a quarter of adults in Great Britain shopped for things other than basic necessities, the highest proportion in nine weeks","" "Proportion of adults, Great Britain, 14 May to 13 December 2020 ","" "","" "Notes","1. See [Measuring the data](https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronavirustheukeconomyandsocietyfasterindicators/17december2020#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. 5. Data collection for the most recent period (Wave 37) was over four days rather than the usual five because of postal delays." "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 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" "5 to 8 Nov","27","58","15","70","20","98" "11 to 15 Nov","31","51","18","70","10","97" "18 to 22 Nov","30","56","14","71","12","97" "25 to 29 Nov","30","54","16","73","13","97" "2 to 6 Dec","31","54","16","77","18","97" "10 to 13 Dec","28","58","15","77","25","97"