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dc.contributor.authorRuppanner, Leahen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTan, Xiaoen_AU
dc.contributor.authorCarson, Andreaen_AU
dc.contributor.authorRatcliff, Shaunen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-19T02:28:12Z
dc.date.available2021-10-19T02:28:12Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2123/26526
dc.description.abstractDuring the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world witnessed major economic, school, and daycare closures. We sampled respondents in Australia and the US during the height of the first restrictions to understand how the first quarantine structured their emotional strain and financial worry (825 Australians and 835 Americans aged between 18 and 65; May 2-3, 2020; source YouGov). We apply structural equation modeling to demonstrate that the emotional well-being impacts of COVID-19 are not only gendered but also vary between childless people and parents. Specifically, we show that compared to Australians, Americans were more impacted by changes in their financial circumstances. Further, while the financial worry and emotional strain impacts were similar between childless people and parents in Australia, significant differences existed between the two groups in the United States. In particular, we identify American mothers as the most disadvantaged group-feeling the most anxious and financially worried about both employment and domestic changes under COVID-19. Policy wise, we argue that COVID-19 is exacerbating gender inequality in emotional health. To slow down this trend, more adequate mental health supports are needed, particularly for mothers.en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.subjectCOVID-19en_AU
dc.subjectCoronavirusen_AU
dc.titleEmotional and financial health during COVID_19: The role of housework, employment and childcare in Australia and the United Statesen_AU
dc.typeArticleen_AU
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/gwao.12727


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