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Intersecting household-level health and socio-economic vulnerabilities and the COVID-19 crisis : an analysis from the UK
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dc.contributor.author | Mikolai, Julia | |
dc.contributor.author | Keenan, Katherine | |
dc.contributor.author | Kulu, Hill | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-10-27T16:56:28Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-10-27T16:56:28Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2020-12 | |
dc.identifier | 268760407 | |
dc.identifier | 05b2e068-8d93-4d3d-823f-be1528d637e2 | |
dc.identifier | 85092356967 | |
dc.identifier | 000600644200001 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Mikolai , J , Keenan , K & Kulu , H 2020 , ' Intersecting household-level health and socio-economic vulnerabilities and the COVID-19 crisis : an analysis from the UK ' , SSM - Population Health , vol. 12 , 100628 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100628 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 2352-8273 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0001-8808-0719/work/76778711 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-7733-6659/work/76779054 | |
dc.identifier.other | ORCID: /0000-0002-9670-1607/work/76779190 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10023/20825 | |
dc.description | This research was supported by Economic and Social Research Council grant ES/K007394/1 and carried out in the ESRC Centre for Population Change (CPC). | en |
dc.description.abstract | The effects of COVID-19 are likely to be social stratified. Disease control measures introduced during the COVID-19 pandemic mean that people spend much more time in their immediate households, due to lockdowns, the need to self-isolate, and school and workplace closures. This has elevated the importance of certain household–level characteristics for individuals’ current and future wellbeing. The multi-dimensional poverty and health inequalities literature suggests that poor health and socio-economic conditions cluster in the general population, which may exacerbate societal inequalities over time. This study investigates how COVID-19-related health- and socio-economic vulnerabilities occur at the household level, and how they are distributed across household types and geographical areas in the United Kingdom. Using a nationally representative cross-sectional study of UK households and applying principal components analysis, we derived summary measures representing different dimensions of household vulnerabilities critical during the COVID-19 epidemic: health, employment, housing, financial and digital. Our analysis highlights four key findings. First, although COVID-19-related health risks are concentrated in retirement-age households, a substantial proportion of working age households also face these risks. Second, different types of households exhibit different vulnerabilities, with working-age households more likely to face financial and housing precarities, and retirement-age households health and digital vulnerabilities. Third, there are area-level differences in the distribution of household-level -vulnerabilities across England and the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. Fourth, in many households, different dimensions of vulnerabilities intersect; this is especially prevalent among working-age households. The findings imply that the short- and long-term consequences of the COVID-19 crisis are likely to significantly vary by household type. Policy measures that aim to mitigate the health and socio-economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic should consider how vulnerabilities cluster and interact with one another across different household types, and how these may exacerbate already existing inequalities. | |
dc.format.extent | 9 | |
dc.format.extent | 1072107 | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.relation.ispartof | SSM - Population Health | en |
dc.subject | Inequalities | en |
dc.subject | Health | en |
dc.subject | COVID-19 | en |
dc.subject | Household dynamics | en |
dc.subject | United Kingdom | en |
dc.subject | Principal components analysis | en |
dc.subject | RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine | en |
dc.subject | H Social Sciences (General) | en |
dc.subject | 3rd-DAS | en |
dc.subject | SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being | en |
dc.subject.lcc | RA0421 | en |
dc.subject.lcc | H1 | en |
dc.title | Intersecting household-level health and socio-economic vulnerabilities and the COVID-19 crisis : an analysis from the UK | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.contributor.sponsor | Economic & Social Research Council | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. School of Geography & Sustainable Development | en |
dc.contributor.institution | University of St Andrews. Sir James Mackenzie Institute for Early Diagnosis | en |
dc.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100628 | |
dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | ES/K007394/1 | en |
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