COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study
IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, women disproportionately assume more unpaid activities, affecting their employment.ObjectiveDescribe the influence of COVID-19 on the employment of caregivers of children and adolescents from a gender perspective.MethodsCross-sectional study in three high-co...
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| author | Catalina Jaime Trujillo Natalia Herrera Olano Kevin Rico Gutiérrez Daniela Medellín Paola Sánchez María Lucía Mesa-Rubio Melisa Sofía Naranjo Sergio Mauricio Moreno Carolina Bonilla Pedro Barrera Sonia M. Restrepo-Gualteros Luz Marina Mejia Olga Lucía Baquero Juan Gabriel Piñeros Andrea Ramírez Varela |
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| description | IntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, women disproportionately assume more unpaid activities, affecting their employment.ObjectiveDescribe the influence of COVID-19 on the employment of caregivers of children and adolescents from a gender perspective.MethodsCross-sectional study in three high-complexity hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia from April 2020 to June 2021. A subsample of the FARA cohort was taken, including those patients with a positive test for SARS-COV2. We took as our analysis category children older than 8 years and younger than 18 years who had a positive SARS-COV2 test, as well as, caregivers of all children with a positive SARS-COV2 test. This subsample was drawn from the FARA cohort. A survey was applied to them. We carried out a descriptive and stratified analysis by age group, educational, and socioeconomic level.ResultsWe included 60 surveys of caregivers and 10 surveys of children. The main caregiver in 94.8% of the cases was a female. At the beginning of the pandemic, 63.3% of the caregivers were employed, and 78.9% of those lost their employment. The vast majority of these caregiver were women (96.6%, n = 29). A predominance of loss of work activity was documented in caregivers of children in early childhood 66.6% (n = 20), with lower education 66.6% (n = 20), and from lower strata 56.6% (n = 17).ConclusionCaregivers of children with COVID-19 with low educational levels and lower socioeconomic conditions, as well as those with children under 5 years showed greater likelihood of employment loss between the interviewed subsample. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7d27f488ca314252914185df26b5e2f02023-02-01T06:00:21ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Global Women's Health2673-50592023-02-01310.3389/fgwh.2022.10219221021922COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective studyCatalina Jaime Trujillo0Natalia Herrera Olano1Kevin Rico Gutiérrez2Daniela Medellín3Paola Sánchez4María Lucía Mesa-Rubio5Melisa Sofía Naranjo6Sergio Mauricio Moreno7Carolina Bonilla8Pedro Barrera9Sonia M. Restrepo-Gualteros10Luz Marina Mejia11Olga Lucía Baquero12Juan Gabriel Piñeros13Andrea Ramírez Varela14Pediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaSchool of Medicine, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Pediatrics Instituto Roosevelt, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Pediatrics Clínica Infantil Colsubsidio, Bogotá, ColombiaPediatrics Residency Program, Universidad de los Andes and Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Epidemiology, School of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaIntroductionDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, women disproportionately assume more unpaid activities, affecting their employment.ObjectiveDescribe the influence of COVID-19 on the employment of caregivers of children and adolescents from a gender perspective.MethodsCross-sectional study in three high-complexity hospitals in Bogotá, Colombia from April 2020 to June 2021. A subsample of the FARA cohort was taken, including those patients with a positive test for SARS-COV2. We took as our analysis category children older than 8 years and younger than 18 years who had a positive SARS-COV2 test, as well as, caregivers of all children with a positive SARS-COV2 test. This subsample was drawn from the FARA cohort. A survey was applied to them. We carried out a descriptive and stratified analysis by age group, educational, and socioeconomic level.ResultsWe included 60 surveys of caregivers and 10 surveys of children. The main caregiver in 94.8% of the cases was a female. At the beginning of the pandemic, 63.3% of the caregivers were employed, and 78.9% of those lost their employment. The vast majority of these caregiver were women (96.6%, n = 29). A predominance of loss of work activity was documented in caregivers of children in early childhood 66.6% (n = 20), with lower education 66.6% (n = 20), and from lower strata 56.6% (n = 17).ConclusionCaregivers of children with COVID-19 with low educational levels and lower socioeconomic conditions, as well as those with children under 5 years showed greater likelihood of employment loss between the interviewed subsample.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.1021922/fullchildrenadolescentcaregivercovid-19employmentgender |
| spellingShingle | Catalina Jaime Trujillo Natalia Herrera Olano Kevin Rico Gutiérrez Daniela Medellín Paola Sánchez María Lucía Mesa-Rubio Melisa Sofía Naranjo Sergio Mauricio Moreno Carolina Bonilla Pedro Barrera Sonia M. Restrepo-Gualteros Luz Marina Mejia Olga Lucía Baquero Juan Gabriel Piñeros Andrea Ramírez Varela COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study Frontiers in Global Women's Health children adolescent caregiver covid-19 employment gender |
| title | COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study |
| title_full | COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study |
| title_fullStr | COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study |
| title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study |
| title_short | COVID-19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers: A cross sectional gender perspective study |
| title_sort | covid 19 in children and the influence on the employment activity of their female caregivers a cross sectional gender perspective study |
| topic | children adolescent caregiver covid-19 employment gender |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgwh.2022.1021922/full |
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