Financial strain, schooling modality and mental health of US adults living with children during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The COVID-19 pandemic upended contexts for families; relatively little work has studied the influence of rapidly changing contexts on the mental health of parents. We aimed to assess the relation between financial strain and schooling modality with the mental health of adults living with school-age children across the pandemic.

Methods

Using a large, national sample from the COVID-19 Trends and Impact Surveys (N=1 485 072 responses from November 2020 through June 2022), we used weighted multiple logistic regression with interactions for school semester to estimate changes in the association of frequent feelings of depression and anxiety, respectively, with financial strain and schooling modality, controlling for demographics and state, across time.

Results

SUBMITTER: Ettman CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11359841 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature