Socioeconomic and Demographic Characteristics of Both Inpatients and Outpatients with Positive Testing for SARS-CoV-2

Racial and socioeconomic status differences in stress, posttraumatic growth, and mental health in an older adult cohort during the COVID-19 pandemic

“…2 Additionally, Black and low-income patients were twice as likely to test positive for COVID-19 compared to non-Hispanic, White, and High-income patients. 3 These vulnerable groups are placed at higher risk of developing severe complications due to their older age, comorbidities, substandard housing, accessibility to healthcare, financial inequities, and racial and systemic discrimination.…”

Perceptions of School Quality and Student Learning During the Pandemic: Exploring the Role of Students, Families, Schools, and Neighborhoods

“…For example, as low-income parents were more likely to be essential workers, they may have been less likely to be able to assist their children with remote learning (Gandolfi, Ferdig, and Kratcoski 2021). Additionally, as these families may have faced greater exposure to COVID-19 (Wasfy et al 2021), their children may have been more likely to experience infections and subsequent quarantines, as well as psychological trauma from the illness or death of a family member. Finally, women, Black men, Hispanic men, and Asian men (Dias 2021), as well as less educated workers (Kesler and Bash 2021), experienced a disproportionate share of layoffs during the early part of the pandemic, while women and Black renters faced a disproportionate share of eviction notices (Hepburn et al 2021); together these trends may contribute to disparities in household instability, which can further disrupt child learning.…”