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Locking down adolescent hunger: COVID-19 and food security in Bangladesh

Policy responses to slow the spread of COVID‐19 have increased economic insecurity globally. We use panel data collected immediately before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic with adolescents in Bangladesh to assess the association between COVID‐19‐related restrictions and adolescent hunger. One year...

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Main Authors: Seager, Jennifer, Baird, Sarah, Kalow, Jared, Tauseef, Salauddin
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2023
Subjects:
gender
adolescents
coronavirus
covid-19
households
vulnerability
social protection
hunger
economics
coronavirinae
food security
coronavirus disease
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140040
Summary:Policy responses to slow the spread of COVID‐19 have increased economic insecurity globally. We use panel data collected immediately before and during the COVID‐19 pandemic with adolescents in Bangladesh to assess the association between COVID‐19‐related restrictions and adolescent hunger. One year into the pandemic, adolescents were three‐fold more likely to report hunger, and households were twice as likely to report cutting back food to adolescents compared to before COVID‐19 restrictions. Vulnerable households experienced larger increases in hunger and reductions in food consumption, with girls more adversely affected than boys. Cash and food aid were unable to mitigate these negative trends.

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