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Economic, Food, and Housing Insecurity Remain High for Women and Families Entering the Third Year of the Pandemic
Economic, Food, and Housing Insecurity Remain High for Women and Families Entering the Third Year of the Pandemic
This factsheet provides an analysis of week 43 (March 2 – March 14, 2022) of the U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey measuring the social and economic impact of COVID-19 on households. It shows:
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women to have lost employment income.
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women to not have enough food to eat.
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas experiencing food insufficiency were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women experiencing food insufficiency to also not afford enough food for their children to eat.
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women to be behind on their rent.
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women to be behind on their mortgage payments.
- Black, non-Hispanic women and Latinas were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men and women to have claimed the expanded Child Tax Credit on their 2021 Federal tax return. White, non-Hispanic women and Asian, non-Hispanic women were more likely than white, non-Hispanic men to have claimed the expanded Child Tax Credit on their 2021 Federal tax return.
