在职父母、经济不安全与儿童保育：英国新冠疫情期间的心理健康
Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK.
作者信息
Cheng Zhiming, Mendolia Silvia, Paloyo Alfredo R, Savage David A, Tani Massimiliano
机构信息
University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW 2052 Australia.
University of Wollongong, Keiraville, NSW 2522 Australia.
出版信息
Rev Econ Househ. 2021;19(1):123-144. doi: 10.1007/s11150-020-09538-3. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
Abstract
The COVID-19 pandemic and the policy measures to control its spread-lockdowns, physical distancing, and social isolation-have coincided with the deterioration of people's mental well-being. We use data from the UK Household Longitudinal Study (UKHLS) to document how this phenomenon is related to the situation of working parents who now have to manage competing time demands across the two life domains of work and home. We show that the deterioration of mental health is worse for working parents, and that it is strongly related to increased financial insecurity and time spent on childcare and home schooling. This burden is not shared equally between men and women, and between richer and poorer households. These inequalities ought to be taken into account when crafting policy responses.
摘要
新冠疫情以及为控制疫情传播而采取的政策措施——封锁、保持社交距离和社会隔离——恰逢人们心理健康状况恶化。我们利用英国家庭纵向研究（UKHLS）的数据，来记录这一现象与在职父母的情况有何关联，这些父母如今必须在工作和家庭这两个生活领域中应对相互冲突的时间需求。我们发现，在职父母的心理健康恶化情况更为严重，且这与经济不安全感增加以及花在育儿和家庭教育上的时间密切相关。这种负担在男性和女性之间、贫富家庭之间的分配并不均衡。在制定政策应对措施时，应该考虑到这些不平等现象。
相似文献
1
Working parents, financial insecurity, and childcare: mental health in the time of COVID-19 in the UK.
Rev Econ Househ. 2021;19(1):123-144. doi: 10.1007/s11150-020-09538-3. Epub 2021 Jan 12.
2
Women's and men's work, housework and childcare, before and during COVID-19.
Rev Econ Househ. 2020;18(4):1001-1017. doi: 10.1007/s11150-020-09502-1. Epub 2020 Sep 6.
3
Implications of COVID-19: The Effect of Working From Home on Financial and Mental Well-Being in the UK.
Int J Health Policy Manag. 2022 Sep 1;11(9):1635-1641. doi: 10.34172/ijhpm.2021.33. Epub 2021 Apr 21.
4
Experiences of Work-Family Conflict and Mental Health Symptoms by Gender Among Physician Parents During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Nov 1;4(11):e2134315. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.34315.
5
Who is doing the chores and childcare in dual-earner couples during the COVID-19 era of working from home?
Rev Econ Househ. 2023;21(2):519-565. doi: 10.1007/s11150-022-09642-6. Epub 2023 Jan 9.
6
Understanding inequalities in mental health by family structure during COVID-19 lockdowns: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study.
Ann Gen Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 6;22(1):24. doi: 10.1186/s12991-023-00454-1.
7
'Intelligent' lockdown, intelligent effects? Results from a survey on gender (in)equality in paid work, the division of childcare and household work, and quality of life among parents in the Netherlands during the Covid-19 lockdown.
PLoS One. 2020 Nov 30;15(11):e0242249. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0242249. eCollection 2020.
8
Parents' work arrangements and gendered time use during the COVID-19 pandemic.
J Marriage Fam. 2022 Dec 9. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12897.
9
Spring in London with Covid-19: a personal view.
Med Leg J. 2020 Jul;88(2):57-64. doi: 10.1177/0025817220923692. Epub 2020 Jun 9.
10
Intersecting household-level health and socio-economic vulnerabilities and the COVID-19 crisis: An analysis from the UK.
SSM Popul Health. 2020 Jul 2;12:100628. doi: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2020.100628. eCollection 2020 Dec.
引用本文的文献
1
Understanding the effect of stay-at-home orders on psychological distress during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from a longitudinal study in Australia.
PLoS One. 2025 Jul 2;20(7):e0325753. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0325753. eCollection 2025.
2
Productivity changes during the COVID-19 pandemic and its associated risk factors.
Scand J Work Environ Health. 2025 Sep 1;51(5):394-403. doi: 10.5271/sjweh.4237. Epub 2025 Jun 18.
3
Risk perception and coping mechanisms by gender identity and education level during the COVID-19 syndemic in Spain.
BMC Psychol. 2025 Jun 4;13(1):598. doi: 10.1186/s40359-025-02611-5.
4
The impact of social welfare support on mental health in Vietnam.
PLoS One. 2025 Apr 9;20(4):e0318374. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0318374. eCollection 2025.
5
Associations Between Experiences of Racial Discrimination Across the Life Course and Mental Health: Exploring Direct and Indirect Pathways.
Sociol Health Illn. 2025 May;47(4):e70023. doi: 10.1111/1467-9566.70023.
6
Prospective associations between psychosocial work stress, work-privacy conflict, and relationship satisfaction of young parents during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating role of symptoms of depression and anger/hostility.
PLoS One. 2025 Mar 26;20(3):e0320022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0320022. eCollection 2025.
7
The Work/Care Interface and Parents' Mid-Pandemic Mental Health: Inequalities at the Intersection of Gender and High-Risk Household Status.
Soc Ment Health. 2025 Mar;15(1):75-93. doi: 10.1177/21568693231223549. Epub 2024 Feb 14.
8
Parental Mental Health and Child Maltreatment in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Importance of Sampling in a Quantitative Statistical Study.
J Med Internet Res. 2025 Jan 24;27:e52043. doi: 10.2196/52043.
9
Financial crisis and its association with parental stress and children's mental health in Lebanon.
BMC Public Health. 2025 Jan 14;25(1):156. doi: 10.1186/s12889-025-21398-z.
10
Psychological detachment from work predicts mental wellbeing of working-age adults: Findings from the 'Wellbeing of the Workforce' (WoW) prospective longitudinal cohort study.
PLoS One. 2025 Jan 14;20(1):e0312673. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0312673. eCollection 2025.
本文引用的文献
1
Who is resilient in a time of crisis? The importance of financial and non-financial resources.
Health Econ. 2021 Dec;30(12):3051-3073. doi: 10.1002/hec.4428. Epub 2021 Sep 12.
2
The mental health impact of COVID-19 and lockdown-related stressors among adults in the UK.
Psychol Med. 2022 Oct;52(14):2997-3006. doi: 10.1017/S0033291720005048. Epub 2020 Dec 7.
3
Multidisciplinary research priorities for the COVID-19 pandemic: a call for action for mental health science.
Lancet Psychiatry. 2020 Jun;7(6):547-560. doi: 10.1016/S2215-0366(20)30168-1. Epub 2020 Apr 15.
4
The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence.
Lancet. 2020 Mar 14;395(10227):912-920. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(20)30460-8. Epub 2020 Feb 26.
5
The factors affecting household transmission dynamics and community compliance with Ebola control measures: a mixed-methods study in a rural village in Sierra Leone.
BMC Public Health. 2018 Feb 13;18(1):248. doi: 10.1186/s12889-018-5158-6.
6
Accepted monitoring or endured quarantine? Ebola contacts' perceptions in Senegal.
Soc Sci Med. 2017 Apr;178:38-45. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.009. Epub 2017 Feb 7.
7
Child Care Time, Parents' Well-Being, and Gender: Evidence from the American Time Use Survey.
J Child Fam Stud. 2016;25:2469-2479. doi: 10.1007/s10826-016-0416-7. Epub 2016 Apr 7.
8
The correlation between stress and economic crisis: a systematic review.
Neuropsychiatr Dis Treat. 2016 Apr 21;12:983-93. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S98525. eCollection 2016.
9
Psychological Health Before, During, and After an Economic Crisis: Results from Indonesia, 1993 - 2000.
World Bank Econ Rev. 2009;23(1):57-76. doi: 10.1093/wber/lhn013.
10
The true cost of the economic crisis on psychological well-being: a review.
Psychol Res Behav Manag. 2015 Jan 9;8:17-25. doi: 10.2147/PRBM.S44732. eCollection 2015.
Zotero 插件