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Gendered Disparities during the COVID-19 Crisis in Sierra Leone

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  • Madison Levine
  • Niccolò F. Meriggi
  • Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak
  • Vasudha Ramakrishna
  • Maarten Voors
  • Uday Wadehra

Abstract

The COVID-19 outbreak had severe adverse impacts on the health and wealth of households in lower-income countries (LICs), and has affected even more severely female-headed households in LICs. Using high-frequency phone surveys in Sierra Leone, we show that female-headed households are likely to rely on cheaper food alternatives (e.g., Cassava) compared to male-headed households and are more food insecure. These effects are more nuanced among the poorest families owning one or no assets. Furthermore, female-headed households had less access to COVID-19 information, were less likely to adopt preventive measures (e.g., masks and social distancing) at the onset of the pandemic, and show greater signs of vaccine hesitancy in the early stages of the COVID-19 vaccine campaign.

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  • Madison Levine & Niccolò F. Meriggi & Ahmed Mushfiq Mobarak & Vasudha Ramakrishna & Maarten Voors & Uday Wadehra, 2023. "Gendered Disparities during the COVID-19 Crisis in Sierra Leone," AEA Papers and Proceedings, American Economic Association, vol. 113, pages 567-571, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:aea:apandp:v:113:y:2023:p:567-71
    DOI: 10.1257/pandp.20231092
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    JEL classification:

    • I12 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health Behavior
    • I14 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Health and Inequality
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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