In April 2021, the American Geoscience Institute asked survey participants in the AGI Geosci­ence COVID-19 Impacts study if their work and/or research productivity had been negatively impacted by caregiving and other domestic responsibilities, and if they had reduced their work / research hours because of these responsibilities.

More academic faculty reported productivity impacts from caregiving and domestic responsibilities than did non-aca­demic geoscientists (56% vs. 26%) with the largest disparities in impacts occurring in household management (38% of aca­demic faculty vs. 20% of non-academic geoscientists) and childcare (28% of academic faculty vs. 12% of non-academic geoscientists). Impacts to productivity from eldercare were reported by 11% of academic faculty and 6% of non-academic geoscientists.

More female faculty reported negative impacts to productivity from household management and childcare than male faculty (47% vs. 24% and 35% vs. 16%, respectively), and more male faculty reported negative impacts related to eldercare than did female faculty (14% vs. 9%).