According to a September 2020 survey, around **** out of ten Mexican respondents were planning to purchase more online for Christmas and related holidays that year, when compared to 2019. On the contrary, ** percent of survey participants in the North American country said that they will shop more in physical stores. Nevertheless, that same month, nearly ***** out of ten Mexicans surveyed said they will spend less on holiday shopping that year.

As of September 2020, nearly seven out of ten survey participants in Mexico said that they were planning to spend less on shopping for end-of-year holidays in comparison to what they spend during the same period in 2019. Only ** percent were planning to increase their holiday expenditures in 2020. As of June of that same year, ** percent of Mexican respondents reported to have bought more products online.

According to a September 2020 survey, over half of Brazilian respondents were planning to purchase more online for Christmas and related holidays that year, when compared to 2019. On the other hand, ** percent of survey participants in the South American country said they will shop more in physical stores. Nonetheless, a large share of Brazilians interviewed said they will spend less on holiday shopping in the last months of 2020.

This file contains workforce absence statistics for education settings from 12 October 2020 to 17 December 2020 and again following wider reopening of schools, from 8 March 2021 to 16 September 2021. It excludes half term terms (19th October - 23rd October, and 2nd November 2020), the national lockdown during the spring term (4 January to 5 March 2021), Easter data (29 March - 19 April 2021) and summer holiday (17 July 2021 - 6 September 2021). Data for workforce during the restricted opening of schools can be found in table 1e.Data is in this file has been scaled to account for non-response so it is nationally representative.

As of May 21, 2020, around a quarter of respondents to a survey in the United Kingdom expected to be able to travel abroad for holidays no sooner than summer 2021 due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak and the consequent travel restrictions. Only **** percent of respondents expected to travel before September 2020.

Nearly half of Mexicans were planning to travel for leisure as soon as they could, after the restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a survey published in September 2020. Three out of ten respondents said they would be more cautious when deciding to take a recreational trip, due to the risks of contagion, while ** percent of Mexicans surveyed would only travel for holidays or similar purposes after a vaccine against the virus was developed. A survey about Easter holiday plans in 2020 found out that ** percent of respondents in Mexico decided to cancel their trips due to COVID-19.

Since the start of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, growth rates of online-only retailers in the United Kingdom (UK) varied between *** percent in April 2020 to **** percent in both September and October 2020. Most recently, during the Christmas holiday period, online-only retailers increased their sales by *** percent.