The Covid-19 Pandemic, Social Ties, and Psychosocial Well-Being of Middle-Aged Women in Rural Africa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2424265 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Victor Agadjanian (0000-0002-9639-1485, University of California, Los Angeles, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 9 |
| Pages | 23780231231171868-23780231231171868 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socius Sociological Research for a Dynamic World (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2378-0231 • E-ISSN: 2378-0231 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/23780231231171868 |
| PMID | 37234471 |
| OpenAlex | W4378516622 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 49 |
The study contributes to the understanding of the societal impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic in the Global South by examining longer term implications of pandemic-induced disruptions and deprivations for social ties and psychosocial well-being. Using data from a survey of middle-aged women in rural Mozambique, the author finds a negative association between the pandemic-triggered household economic decline and perceived changes in the quality of relations with marital partners, non-coresident children, and relatives, but not with generally more distant actors, such as coreligionists and neighbors. In turn, multivariable analyses detect a positive association of changes in the quality of family and kin ties with participants' life satisfaction, regardless of other factors. Yet women's expectations for changes in their household living conditions in the near future show a significant association only with changes in the quality of relations with marital partners. The author situates these findings within the context of women's enduring vulnerabilities in low-income patriarchal settings
Context (archaeology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Disease · Economics · Geography · Interpersonal ties · Marital status · Pandemic · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Psychosocial · Quality of life (healthcare · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Survey data collection · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Condemned and Condoned
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |