ArticleFamily relations2021
"I don't have much of a choice": Low-income single mothers' COVID-19 school and care decisions.
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- Indigenous Motherwork in Crisis: Caregiving, Resistance, and Community Survival During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Sex roles · 2025Article
- Trust and distrust in low-income Michigan residents during the early COVID-19 pandemic: A qualitative study.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2023Article
- Factors associated with US caregivers' uptake of pediatric COVID-19 vaccine by race and ethnicity.Vaccine · 2023Article
- Parental Home Monitoring and Support and Students' Online Learning and Socioemotional Well-Being During COVID-19 School Suspension in Hong Kong.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Assessing positive adaptation during a global crisis: The development and validation of the family positive adaptation during COVID-19 scale.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- "I don't have much of a choice": Low-income single mothers' COVID-19 school and care decisions.Family relations · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThis study used a preferences and constraints framework to understand mothers' decision-making processes around childcare and schooling during the COVID-19 pandemic and how socioeconomic context contribute to these decisions.
backgroundDespite potential long-standing consequences of school decision making during the COVID-19 pandemic, we know little about how parents consider childcare and education options during these times. And, these decisions are particularly important for single mothers in resource-scarce environments whose children benefit disproportionately from appropriate care and education.
methodThis study used qualitative data gathered from semistructured interviews with low-income, single mothers (
resultsApproximately half of mothers selected home-based care while the other half selected site-based care. Findings suggest that mothers made decisions largely on the basis of constraints-safety or financial need. Given high levels of fear and system mistrust, Black mothers more commonly selected home-based care than White mothers.
conclusionThe COVID-19 pandemic seems to exacerbate the restricted childcare calculus of low-income mothers. IMPLICATIONS: Partnering with communities and disseminating accurate information, particularly in Black communities, is critical for establishing trust and positioning low-income single mothers to make current care and education decisions, as well as future decisions, such as vaccination decisions.
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