Socioeconomic Disparities in Social Distancing During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the United States: Observational Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Eliminating disparities in the burden of COVID-19 requires equitable access to control measures across socio-economic groups. Limited research on socio-economic differences in mobility hampers our ability to understand whether inequalities in social distancing are occurring during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

Objective

We aimed to assess how mobility patterns have varied across the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic and to identify associations with socioeconomic factors of populations.

Methods

We used anonymized mobility data from tens of millions of devices to measure the speed and depth of social distancing at the county level in the United States between February and May 2020, the period during which social distancing was widespread in this country.

SUBMITTER: Garnier R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7837167 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature