Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Financial Hardship During the First Year of the Pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been substantial, yet little is known about the financial effects resulting from lost employment or financial hardship racial-ethnic disparities.

Methods

We conducted a nationally representative, online survey of 5500 English- and Spanish-speaking American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Latino, White, and multiracial adults, from December 2020 to February 2021. Six financial hardship domains were measured (lost income, debt, unmet expenses, unmet health care expenses, housing insecurity, and food insecurity). Prevalence of financial hardship among each racial-ethnic group was estimated using multivariable Poisson regression.

Results

Overall, 70.3% repo

SUBMITTER: Alhomsi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10523407 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature