Why did COVID-19 not further harm the mental health of poor mothers? A mixed-method study on low-income families in Singapore.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This paper examines the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on a disadvantaged group of financially poor mothers' mental health conditions in Singapore during the phase of acute COVID-19 infection.

Design

A mixed-method design is used. We conducted five focus group discussions with interviewers (n=39) who administered a third wave of survey questionnaire to 424 mothers from low-income families between June and September 2020. The focus group discussions gleaned observations by the interviewers on the risk and stress levels of the mothers during the period leading up to the height of COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, survey data from two time points-pre-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 pandemic height, measuring the relationship of mother's job loss, income earner loss, marital st

SUBMITTER: Goh ECL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8795928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature