Publication type
Research Paper
Series Number
W20/16
Series
IFS Working Paper Series
Authors
Publication date
June 10, 2020
Summary:
Mental health in the UK worsened substantially as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic – by 8.1% on average and by much more for young adults and for women which are groups that already had lower levels of mental health before Covid-19. Hence inequalities in mental health have been increased by the pandemic. Even larger average effects are observed for measures of mental health that capture the number problems reported or the fraction of the population reporting any frequent or severe problems, which more than doubled for some groups such as young women. It is important to control for pre-existing recent trends in mental health when attempting to understand and isolate the effects of Covid-19.
Subjects
Link
https://www.ifs.org.uk/publications/14874
Notes
Is referenced by: Public Health Scotland (2021) 'COVID-19 shielding programme (Scotland) rapid evaluation: full report.' Edinburgh: Public Health Scotland.
Is referenced by: Public Health England. (2020) 'COVID-19: mental health and wellbeing surveillance report'. London:Public Health England.
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