Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Income and Mental Well-Being:
Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Household Income and Mental Well-Being:
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COVID-19 大流行对家庭收入和心理健康的影响：
DOI：
10.11218/ojjams.36.259
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发表时间：
2021
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通讯作者：
Carola Hommerich and Naoki Sudo
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作者：
Hiroshi Kanbayashi;Carola Hommerich and Naoki Sudo
本研究利用 2020 年 6 月至 12 月在日本进行的三波在线小组调查的数据，探讨了 COVID-19 大流行对人们经济和心理状态的影响。我们的结果表明，大流行对社会弱势群体造成了不成比例的影响，从而加剧了先前存在的社会经济不平等。社会经济地位较低的群体在疫情爆发之前就已经因性别或教育水平而在劳动力市场处于不利地位，更有可能经历经济衰退。此外，在服务行业或小公司工作也与失业或减薪的风险较高有关。此外，我们发现，这种流行病不仅对社会经济状况产生了不利影响，而且对心理健康也产生了不利影响。社会弱势群体受到的影响更大。由于社会疏远令旨在遏制感染传播，社会资本（通常是灾难时期的重要应对资源）无法发挥作用来抵消这些负面影响。相反，不信任和孤独感的增加进一步恶化了个人的心理健康。总体而言，我们的结果表明迫切需要为社会弱势群体提供额外支持。
The present study examines the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on peopleʼs economic and psychological states using data from a three-wave online panel survey carried out in Japan from June to December 2020. Our results indicate that the pandemic amplifies pre-existing socioeconomic inequality by disproportionally affecting socially vulnerable groups. Lower socioeconomic status groups, who were already disadvantaged in the labor market prior to the pandemic based on gender or educational level, were more likely to experience economic downturn. Further, working in the service industry or in smaller companies was also associated with a higher risk of experiencing job loss or pay cuts. In addition, we found that the pandemic has had detrimental effects not only on socioeconomic conditions, but also on mental well-being. Socially vulnerable individuals are more strongly affected. With social distancing orders in place to curb the spread of infection, social capital—usually an important coping resource in times of disaster—could not function to counterbalance these negative effects. Instead, increase in distrust and loneliness further deteriorated the mental well-being of individuals. Overall, our results point to the urgent need for additional support for the socially vulnerable.