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Snapshot of the COVID Crisis Impact on Working Families
['Joanna Weinman', 'Elizabeth O. Ananat', 'Anna Gassman-Pines', 'Hoyt Bleakley', 'E. Kathleen Adams', 'Emily Johnston', 'Ioana Marinescu', 'Randall Akee', 'Phillip Levine', 'Patricia M. Anderson']
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We use real-time data on hourly service workers and find that the coronavirus crisis has already led to drastic reductions in work hours, income and family well-being. The share of parents who felt anxious or depressed all day rose from 6 percent over the first month of our study to 10 percent last week, a 67 percent increase in severe mental health symptoms. The share of parents who felt anxious or depressed rose from 6 percent over the first month of our study to 10 percent last week, a 67 percent increase in severe mental health symptoms.