Student and Parental Job Loss During the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency: Effects on Household Economic Security

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• Personal Author:
  Mpofu JJ ; Shockey TM ; Silver, Sharon R.
• Description:
  Background: While studies have examined effects of parental job loss early in the COVID-19 pandemic, few have assessed economic impacts of student job loss. Methods: The Adolescent Behaviors and Experiences Survey (ABES) was a one-time online, nationally-representative survey administered by CDC in 2021 to understand high school students' experiences. We assessed associations between student, parent, and dyadic employment experiences and two measures of economic stress: housing instability and food insufficiency. Results: Parental job loss was common and associated with both adverse economic outcomes. The adjusted prevalence rate (aPR) for housing instability was 2.79, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.73-4.51. A new finding is that student employment may also play a role in food sufficiency. Student job loss was significantly associated with both any food insufficiency and frequent food insufficiency (aPR = 1.61, 95% CI = 1.35-1.93 and aPR = 1.96, 95% CI = 1.43-2.70, respectively). Discussion: Analysis of associations between employment status before and during the COVID-19 public health emergency and measures of household economic insecurity reveals social safety net gaps. Our finding that student employment may affect household food sufficiency highlights the need to better understand the role of student employment in household economic stress. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Communicable Diseases Economics Family Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Adolescents Author Keywords: Food Insufficiency COVID-19 Economic Impact Families Household Economic Security Housing Instability Job Loss Socioeconomics Stress Young Workers Youth Employment

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• ISSN:
  0271-3586
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Atlanta Region [OSHA] ; Chicago Region [OSHA] ; Georgia ; Ohio
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  DFSE - Division of Field Studies and Engineering
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  428-438
• Volume:
  68
• Issue:
  5
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20070624
• Citation:
  Am J Ind Med 2025 May; 68(5):428-438
• Contact Point Address:
  Sharon R. Silver, Division of Field Studies and Engineering, Health Informatics Branch, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Email:
  ssilver@cdc.gov
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2025
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  American Journal of Industrial Medicine
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:0da2adb906909ff1167d5e15ad5b8c71e92f8f9517f90100c466b5d985700e540e6909aaf581e81b490138aff1b35add21071a0c72215eff273c8f73d5e04cc1
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