Concept

Economic Vulnerability of Households With Essential Workers

The definition of an “essential worker” was established as someone society requires to continue with their job duties as normal; however, the workers are often not compensated for their additional risks of contracting COVID-19. This study estimates the proportion of essential workers and discusses their economic vulnerabilities through identifying risk factors.

48% of essential workers were found to live with at least one of the three risks and 13% were categorized as living in high-risk households.

0

1

Updated 2020-06-26

Tags

SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19)

Biomedical Sciences