Long COVID and financial hardship: A disaggregated analysis at income and education levels.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine how long COVID is associated with financial hardship (food insecurity, inability to pay bills, or threat of losing service) across income and education levels, and to assess the role of employment loss or reduced work hours in this hardship.

Data source and study setting

We used nationally representative data on 271,076 adults from the 2022 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS).

Study design

We used multivariable binomial logistic regression models to estimate the average marginal effect of long COVID on financial hardships across multiple income and education groups.

Principal findings

In general, we found a significant positive association between long COVID and the three measures of financial hardships across income and edu

SUBMITTER: Datta BK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11911214 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature