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The study said the impact of having children out of school on mothersâ mental health was substantial, and an âimportant hidden cost of lockdownâ. Photograph: Microgen Images/Science Photo Library/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF
The study said the impact of having children out of school on mothersâ mental health was substantial, and an âimportant hidden cost of lockdownâ. Photograph: Microgen Images/Science Photo Library/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF
Mon 31 May 2021 09.24 EDT
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School closures in England during the Covid lockdown badly damaged the mental health of mothers but had no impact on fathersâ wellbeing, research has found.
By Tegwen Green (left) and Nancy Singh (right), Office for National Statistics
For the last fifteen months Nancy and I have been working with users and producers of statistics to develop a user engagement strategy for statistics.
The strategy sets out a plan of action for building a more meaningful and sustained dialogue between producers, users and potential users of statistics. Its principles are widely relevant to anyone conducting analysis across different professions.
We want to spread the word about the value of user engagement, in the midst of a pandemic, more than ever. We’ve highlighted five important things we want you to remember about user engagement. You might know some of them already – if so, then perhaps share them with your colleagues as well!
More than 190 countries worldwide have implemented nationwide school closures in an attempt to prevent further contagion, impacting over 91%of world’s student population. Schools in the UK were first closed to most pupils as a pandemic control measure in March 2020 and again in January 2021 in response to the spread of COVID-19.
Much has been said about the setbacks to children’s learning and the challenges that have faced parents juggling homeschooling, childcare, housework and working from home during lockdown. Our research, using data collected during the early months of lockdown, shows that women spent considerably more time than men undertaking housework and childcare during lockdown and the knock on effect on working parents’ and lone mothers’ mental health.
The mental health of people in the UK who were newly reliant on benefits and other financial support during the coronavirus pandemic has worsened the most, according to research.
The “largest and most worrying increases” in mental distress have been in groups who started off in the weakest financial position or who have required more financial help throughout the crisis, the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) found.
It analysed data collected from more than 12,000 people aged 16 and over between April 2020 and January 2021 as part of the Understanding Society Covid-19 survey for its annual Society Watch report.
One group it identified was ‘financial help-seekers’ – people who needed financial support other than the furlough scheme, such as the Self-Employment Income Support Scheme or a new claim for Universal Credit.