Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America
Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural America
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DOI：
10.1073/pnas.2019378118
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发表时间：
2021-01-05
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Farrell, Justin
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作者：
Mueller, J. Tom;McConnell, Kathryn;Farrell, Justin
尽管社会科学界对COVID-19大流行对城市化地区的影响给予了相当大的关注，但很少有研究探讨其对农村人口的影响。然而，美国有数千万来自不同背景的人组成的农村社区是美国最脆弱的人群之一，可能对这种大规模外源冲击的影响缺乏弹性。我们利用一项新调查的数据来解决这一关键的知识差距，该调查旨在评估这一流行病对北美西部农村福祉的健康和经济方面的影响。值得注意的是，我们发现COVID-19大流行对农村人口的影响非常严重，对失业、整体生活满意度、心理健康和经济前景产生了重大负面影响。此外，我们发现这些影响在年龄，种族，教育和性别方面基本一致。我们将讨论这些发现如何构成更大规模的跨学科COVID-19研究工作的开端，该研究工作将农村地区整合在一起，并超越了对城市和民族国家的主要关注。
Despite considerable social scientific attention to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on urbanized areas, very little research has examined its impact on rural populations. Yet rural communities-which make up tens of millions of people from diverse backgrounds in the United States-are among the nation's most vulnerable populations and may be less resilient to the effects of such a large-scale exogenous shock. We address this critical knowledge gap with data from a new survey designed to assess the impacts of the pandemic on health-related and economic dimensions of rural well-being in the North American West. Notably, we find that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural populations have been severe, with significant negative impacts on unemployment, overall life satisfaction, mental health, and economic outlook. Further, we find that these impacts have been generally consistent across age, ethnicity, education, and sex. We discuss how these findings constitute the beginning of a much larger interdisciplinary COVID-19 research effort that integrates rural areas and pushes beyond the predominant focus on cities and nation-states.