Economic Precarity among Single Parents in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Parolin, Zachary; Lee, Emma K.

doi:10.1177/00027162221122682

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“…First, our results are in line with earlier studies (e.g. Hertz et al, 2020;Parolin and Lee, 2022;S anchez-Mira et al, 2022), and they clearly demonstrate that the lockdown both created new and enhanced already existing inadequacies in the lives of single mothers. This became evident in single mothers' experience of being left alone to manage the competing demands of paid work, childcare, remote school, and other household duties.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…Hertz et al. , 2020; Parolin and Lee, 2022; Sánchez-Mira et al. , 2022), and they clearly demonstrate that the lockdown both created new and enhanced already existing inadequacies in the lives of single mothers.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…On the other hand, those with greater working time flexibility faced the trade-off that paid work spilled over to evenings, nights, and weekends. A worrying notion is that lockdown inadequacies in policies, resources, and employment had further negative consequences for the well-being of some single mothers and their families, such as problems with coping, increased conflicts with children, or feelings of insufficiency (see also Parolin and Lee, 2022; Soskolne and Herbst-Debby, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…, 2020; Goldberg et al. , 2021; Parolin and Lee , 2022). For employed single parents, the main pandemic-related challenge was managing the competing demands of paid work, care responsibilities, and home-schooling.…”

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“…Earlier studies (e.g. Hertz et al, 2020;Parolin and Lee, 2022) have shown, that during the pandemic, single mothers have experienced more difficulties in balancing paid work and care responsibilities because formal childcare has not been available. This becomes evident also in our data, as single mothers widely describe challenges regarding the ability to do paid work, more precisely managing the competing demands of paid work, childcare, and other household responsibilities.…”

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Single earners and carers during lockdown: everyday challenges faced by Finnish single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Salin

Hakovirta

Kaittila

et al. 2023

IJSSP

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PurposeThis article analyzes the challenges Finnish single mothers experienced in their everyday lives during the COVID-19 pandemic. In studies on challenges to family life during COVID-19 lockdowns, single-parent families remain a largely understudied group.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply triple bind theory and ask how did Finnish single mothers manage the interplay between inadequate resources, inadequate employment, and inadequate policies during lockdown in spring 2020? These data come from an online survey including both qualitative and quantitative questions which was conducted between April and May 2020 to gather Finnish families' experiences during lockdown. This analysis is based on the qualitative part of the survey.FindingsThis study's results show that lockdown created new inadequacies while also enhancing some old inadequacies in the lives of Finnish single mothers. During lockdown, single mothers faced policy- and resource-disappearances; accordingly, they lost their ability to do paid work normally. Furthermore, these disappearances endangered the well-being of some single mothers and their families.Originality/valueThis article contributes to the wider understanding of everyday lives of single mothers and the challenges COVID-19 pandemic created. Moreover, this study provides knowledge on the applicability of the triple bind theory when studying the everyday lives of single mothers.

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Single earners and carers during lockdown: everyday challenges faced by Finnish single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

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Kaittila

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Emergency Allotments in SNAP and Food Hardship Among Households With Children

Austin,

Sokol

2024

JAMA Netw Open

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ImportanceHouseholds with children and minoritized racial and ethnic groups experience a disproportionate burden of food hardship. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the US federal government implemented emergency allotments in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), increasing the amount of food purchasing assistance received by many participating households.ObjectiveTo examine the association of implementing emergency allotments in SNAP with food hardship among households with children overall and for households with Black, Hispanic, and White children by comparing income-eligible households that did and did not participate in SNAP.Design, Setting, and ParticipantsThis ecologic cross-sectional study used 2016-2022 National Survey of Children’s Health data and a difference-in-differences approach to compare changes in the risk of food hardship from before implementation of emergency allotments in SNAP (2016-2019) to during implementation (2020-2022). Households with children younger than 18 years and incomes 130% or less of the federal poverty level (FPL) in all 50 states and Washington, DC, were included.ExposureImplementation of emergency allotments in SNAP.Main Outcome and MeasuresThe primary outcome was caregiver report of household food hardship during the past 12 months.ResultsOf 44 753 households with incomes 130% or less of the FPL, a weighted 23.4% had Black children, 56.7% had White children, and 19.9% had children of other races. More than one-third of households (37.8%) had Hispanic children, and 31.8% had young children aged 0 to 5 years. The percentage of households that experienced food hardship decreased from 2016 to 2021 (from 62.9% to 48.2% among SNAP-participating households and from 44.3% to 38.9% among income-eligible nonparticipating households) but increased in 2022 (to 58.0% among SNAP-participating households and to 47.5% among nonparticipating households). Adjusting for confounders, implementing emergency allotments in SNAP was associated with a decreased risk of food hardship among SNAP-participating compared with nonparticipating households (risk ratio [RR], 0.88; 95% CI, 0.81-0.96). Implementing emergency allotments in SNAP was associated with a decreased risk of food hardship among SNAP-participating households with Hispanic (RR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.72-1.02) and White (RR, 0.85; 95% CI, 0.76-0.94) children compared with nonparticipating households but not among households with Black children (RR, 1.04; 95% CI, 0.87-1.23).Conclusions and RelevanceIn this ecologic cross-sectional study, implementing emergency allotments in SNAP was associated with a decreased risk of food hardship among households with children. Efforts are needed to ensure that all populations benefit from economic policies.

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Promoting public health equity through strategic information campaigns on social media during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An analysis of pandemic health information campaigns on Twitter in Houston, Texas

Page‐Tan,

Hope

2024

Risk Hazard & Crisis Pub Pol

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Throughout the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) pandemic, reports have indicated vulnerable communities have suffered disproportionately from chronic illness, higher death rates, and unequal access to healthcare. This calls into question the equity of the nationwide vaccination program launched in the United States in 2021, a program with the potential to mitigate the disproportionate burden of the pandemic in these communities. This study investigates the extent to which local government agencies, elected officials, and community‐based organizations (CBOs) engaged in equitable information campaigns during the COVID‐19 pandemic to address health barriers common in vulnerable communities, including issues of access, fear, and language barriers. Using a sui generis data set of COVID‐19 testing and vaccine‐related Twitter posts from local government agencies, elected officials, and CBOs from Houston, Texas, we find that local government agencies were more likely than elected officials and CBOs to engage in equitable information campaigns and that among elected officials, Democrats were more likely than Republicans to engage in equitable messaging. These findings have important implications for communication strategies such as targeted and culturally sensitive messaging. These findings also signal an opportunity for elected officials and CBOs to engage further with their constituents and social networks to share public health information on their public communication platforms.

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Economic Precarity among Single Parents in the United States during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Single earners and carers during lockdown: everyday challenges faced by Finnish single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Single earners and carers during lockdown: everyday challenges faced by Finnish single mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Emergency Allotments in SNAP and Food Hardship Among Households With Children

Promoting public health equity through strategic information campaigns on social media during the COVID‐19 pandemic: An analysis of pandemic health information campaigns on Twitter in Houston, Texas

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