A recent report cites a figure of 0.4%, noting that the number may be incomplete because data collection was halted during last year’s government shutdown. The brief highlights how the interruption in government operations has left gaps in the available statistics, affecting the reliability of the reported percentage. Readers can expect further discussion of the implications of missing data and the challenges of assessing the metric accurately.


Figure of 0.4% comes as last year’s government shutdown prevented data collection