An intersectional analysis of long COVID prevalence.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Long COVID symptoms - which include brain fog, depression, and fatigue - are mild at best and debilitating at worst. Some U.S. health surveys have found that women, lower income individuals, and those with less education are overrepresented among adults with long COVID, but these studies do not address intersectionality. To fill this gap, we conduct an intersectional analysis of the prevalence and outcomes of long COVID in the U.S. We posit that disparities in long COVID have less to do with the virus itself and more to do with social determinants of health, especially those associated with occupational segregation and the gendered division of household work.

Methods

We use 10 rounds of Household Pulse Survey (HPS) data collected between June 2022 and March 2023 t

SUBMITTER: Cohen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10717295 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature