Do Income and Employment Uncertainty Affect Couple Stability? Evidence for France During the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID11295368
AutoresAnna Barbuscia (0000-0002-0294-5820, Institut national d'études démographiques, autor correspondente), Ariane Pailhé (0000-0002-4115-2620, Institut national d'études démographiques), Anne Solaz (0000-0001-6421-9093, Institut national d'études démographiques), Epicov team, Nathalie Bajos (0000-0001-8073-9056), Josiane Warszawski (0000-0001-8590-7952), Guillaume Bagein, Flora Beck (0000-0002-4880-1638), François Beck, Émilie Counil (0000-0002-8527-4662), Florence Jusot, Nathalie Lydié (0000-0002-8043-0232), Claude Martin (0000-0002-0259-1196), Laurence Meyer (0000-0001-5707-2062, Institut national d'études démographiques), Philippe Raynaud, Audrey Rouquette (0000-0002-2473-1719), Alexandra Rouquette, Delphine Rahib (0000-0001-9187-0690), Patrick Sicard, Rémy Slama (0000-0002-8980-8529), Alexis Spire
Ano2023
Volume39
Fascículo1
Páginas19-19
Data de publicação2023-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoEuropean Journal of Population / Revue européenne de Démographie (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0168-6577 • E-ISSN: 1572-9885
EditoraSpringer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s10680-023-09665-4
PMID37395827
OpenAlexW4382919169
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas8
Referências citadas59

Economic uncertainty and family dynamics are strictly connected. The increasing uncertainty generated by the Covid-19 pandemic is thus likely to affect couple relationships and stability, with potential opposite effects. Using data from the nationally representative EPICOV survey, that followed individuals throughout the first year of pandemic in France, we examined separation rates and how these were associated with different measures of employment and income uncertainty, including both pre-pandemic conditions and changes occurred during and after the first lockdown in Spring 2020 in France. Our results show increased rates of separation, especially among younger people, during the 6 months after the first lockdown, and a return to rates more similar to those observed in usual times, afterwards. Individuals who were unemployed and had lower income before the beginning of the pandemic were more likely to separate soon after the lockdown, while changes in employment conditions due to the lockdown were not linked with a higher separation risk. The job protection and the income compensation provided by the French state, as well a less stigmatising effect of unemployment occurred during the covid crisis, may explain the absence of effect. Self-declared deterioration in financial condition, especially when declared by men, was associated with higher separation risk for the whole year of observation

Affect (linguistics · Compensation (psychology · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Demographic economics · Economic growth · Economics · Pandemic · Separation (statistics · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Unemployment · COVID-19 Pandemic Impacts · Demography · Employment and Welfare Studies · Medicine · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology