COVID-19
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| Health Conditions and an Older Population Increase COVID-19 Risks in Rural America In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson discusses the likely influence that the age structure and the incidence of pre-existing health conditions have on the risks of those exposed to COVID-19 in rural and urban counties in the United States.
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COVID-19, Demography | COVID-19, Demography, Health, Rural, Seniors, Urban |
| COVID-19 Didn’t Create a Child Care Crisis, But Hastened and Inflamed It In this new Carsey Perspective, authors Jess Carson and Marybeth Mattingly describe the ways that the COVID-19 pandemic has strained the nation’s already-fragile early childhood care systems. Child care providers are struggling to address revenue losses associated… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | Child Care, Children, COVID-19, Family, Unemployment |
| The Inequities of Job Loss and Recovery Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic In this policy brief, authors Rogelio Sáenz and Corey Sparks discuss the wide variations in unemployment and the level of job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic across the nation’s demographic groups that have historically suffered disparities in the workforce,… |
COVID-19 | African Americans, COVID-19, Employment, Hispanics, Income, Inequality, Race, Unemployment, Women |
| Affordability Challenges Drive Food Insufficiency in the Pandemic In this data snapshot, authors Jess Carson and Sarah Boege find that getting food is a problem for people experiencing food insufficiency during the pandemic, but affording food is the biggest challenge.
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Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Food Assistance, Low Income, Poverty |
| U.S. Population Growth Slows, but Diversity Grows In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson reports that in 2019 the U.S. population grew at the lowest rate in a century because there were fewer births, more deaths, and less immigration. Fertility rates diminished regardless of race or Hispanic origin and immigration… |
COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Hispanics, Immigration, Mortality |
| Employment Income Drops in More Low-Income Than High-Income Households in All States Low-wage workers are being hit much harder in the COVID-19 economic crisis than higher wage workers. This is evident in the much greater job loss in lower wage industries than higher wage industries.
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COVID-19 | COVID-19, Employment, Public Opinion, Unemployment, Wages |
| U.S. Fertility Rates and Births Continue to Diminish National Center for Health Statistics data for 2019 show the lowest fertility rates on record and just 3,746,000 births—the fewest since 1985.
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COVID-19, Demography | Birth Rates, COVID-19, Demography, Fertility, Women |
| Innovation in Food Access Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered income losses and rising demand for food-related support, while social distancing requirements have complicated access to usual nutrition support sites. In response, government agencies, private retailers, nonprofit organizations,… |
Center for Social Policy in Practice, COVID-19 | COVID-19, Food Assistance, Safety Net |
| Trusting Scientists More Than the Government In this brief, authors Lawrence Hamilton and Thomas Safford report that despite a dramatic increase in the incidence of COVID-19, and an evolving government response, there was no significant change between surveys taken in mid-March and mid-April in the shares of… |
COVID-19, New Hampshire | COVID-19, Health, New Hampshire, Public Opinion, Trust |
| An Older Population Increases Estimated COVID-19 Death Rates in Rural America In this brief, author Kenneth Johnson estimates the influence that the local age structure has on coronavirus death rates among those exposed to it in rural and urban counties in the United States.
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COVID-19, Demography | COVID-19, Demography, Health, Rural, Seniors, Urban |
