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The impact of disability on employment and financial security following the outbreak of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.
- Source :
- Journal of Public Health; Sep2021, Vol. 43 Issue 3, p472-478, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- Background The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic may have a greater impact on people with disabilities than non-disabled people. Our aim was to compare the short-term impact of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic and first lockdown on the employment and financial security of working age adults with and without disabilities in the UK. Methods Secondary analysis of data collected in Wave 9 and the special April, May and June COVID-19 monthly surveys of 'Understanding Society', the UK's main annual household panel study. Results During the first 3 months of the introduction of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK, respondents with disability were more likely than their peers to be working reduced hours and experience higher levels of financial stress. These differences were attenuated, but not eliminated, when estimates were adjusted to take account of pre-lockdown financial status. Conclusions Working age adults with disability were particularly disadvantaged by the financial impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in the UK. The UN Secretary-General António Guterres has stated the need for a disability-inclusive COVID-19 government response. The results of our analysis suggest that these pleas have either not been heeded, or if measures have been implemented, they have so far been ineffectual in the UK. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- AFFINITY groups
DISMISSAL of employees
EMPLOYMENT of people with disabilities
UNEMPLOYMENT
CONFIDENCE intervals
ECONOMIC status
FOOD security
DEBT
INTERVIEWING
INCOME
SOCIOECONOMIC factors
SURVEYS
COMPARATIVE studies
PSYCHOLOGY of People with disabilities
EMPLOYMENT
FINANCIAL stress
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
FINANCIAL management
STAY-at-home orders
STATISTICAL sampling
POVERTY
ODDS ratio
COVID-19 pandemic
SECONDARY analysis
ADULTS
MIDDLE age
ADOLESCENCE
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 17413842
- Volume :
- 43
- Issue :
- 3
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Public Health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 152652172
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdaa270