Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa
This article analyzes two longitudinal datasets (October – December 2020; April 2021) of 1,000 and 900 women in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively, alongside in-depth qualitative interviews with women at risk of changes to time use, to study two pandemic issues: women’s substitution of paid for unpaid...
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| author | Mueller, Valerie Grépin, Karen A. Rabbani, Atonu Ngunjiri, Anne Oyekunle, Amy Wenham, Clare |
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| description | This article analyzes two longitudinal datasets (October – December 2020; April 2021) of 1,000 and 900 women in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively, alongside in-depth qualitative interviews with women at risk of changes to time use, to study two pandemic issues: women’s substitution of paid for unpaid work and how these shifts compromise their mental health. Women devote more time to domestic care (30–38 percent), less time to employment (29–46 percent), and become unemployed (12–17 percent). A rise in domestic work is correlated with depressive (Nigeria) and anxiety symptoms (Kenya and Nigeria). Women with greater agency (Kenya) and fewer children (Nigeria) are less likely to report a domestic burden or loss in paid activities. Social protection programs may fill the void of assistance traditionally provided by informal networks in the short term, while campaigns shifting norms around household work may preserve women’s economic participation in the long term. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1403812025-10-26T13:01:48Z Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa Mueller, Valerie Grépin, Karen A. Rabbani, Atonu Ngunjiri, Anne Oyekunle, Amy Wenham, Clare gender mental health coronavirus covid-19 coronavirinae coronavirus disease domestic work women This article analyzes two longitudinal datasets (October – December 2020; April 2021) of 1,000 and 900 women in Kenya and Nigeria, respectively, alongside in-depth qualitative interviews with women at risk of changes to time use, to study two pandemic issues: women’s substitution of paid for unpaid work and how these shifts compromise their mental health. Women devote more time to domestic care (30–38 percent), less time to employment (29–46 percent), and become unemployed (12–17 percent). A rise in domestic work is correlated with depressive (Nigeria) and anxiety symptoms (Kenya and Nigeria). Women with greater agency (Kenya) and fewer children (Nigeria) are less likely to report a domestic burden or loss in paid activities. Social protection programs may fill the void of assistance traditionally provided by informal networks in the short term, while campaigns shifting norms around household work may preserve women’s economic participation in the long term. 2023-04-03 2024-03-14T12:09:26Z 2024-03-14T12:09:26Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/140381 en Open Access Informa UK Limited Mueller, Valerie; Grépin, Karen; Rabbani, Atonu; Ngunjiri, Anne; Oyekunle, Amy; and Wenham, Clare. 2023. Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa. Feminist Economics 29(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/13545701.2023.2174566 |
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| title | Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa |
| title_full | Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa |
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| title_short | Domestic burdens amid COVID-19 and women’s mental health in middle-income Africa |
| title_sort | domestic burdens amid covid 19 and women s mental health in middle income africa |
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