Inequality in Household Job Insecurity and Mental Health: Changes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Dados Bibliográficos
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AFILIAÇÃO(ÕES) | Department of Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, Davis School of Gerontology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Minority Health and Health Disparities Population Laboratory, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA |
ANO | 2022 |
TIPO | Artigo |
PERIÓDICO | Work and Occupations |
ISSN | 0730-8884 |
E-ISSN | 1552-8464 |
EDITORA | Annual Reviews (United States) |
DOI | 10.1177/07308884221123255 |
CITAÇÕES | 3 |
ADICIONADO EM | 2025-08-18 |
Resumo
Using nationally representative data from the Household Pulse Survey (April 2020-March 2021), we examined how associations between household job insecurity and mental health changed throughout the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States ( n = 1,248,043). We also documented changes in the unequal distribution of job insecurity by race/ethnicity and educational attainment over time. We find that job insecurity was strongly associated with depression and anxiety throughout the study period, and the associations strengthened as the pandemic continued, especially in fall 2020. Moreover, racial/ethnic minorities with lower levels of educational attainment had the greatest risk of job insecurity, and educational disparities in job insecurity changed over time. Psychological distress during the pandemic, including disparities therein, must be considered a public health priority.