Table 2.
Financial, social and health outcomes | Chronic unstable housing prior to age 31 and at age 31 (n = 10) (%) |
Newly unstable housed at age 31 (n = 9) (%) |
Unstably housed prior to age 31 (n = 73) (%) |
Never unstably housed (n = 660) (%) |
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Finances & employment | ||||
Financial situation before the COVID pandemic: | ||||
Living comfortably | 0.0 | 0.0 | 26.0 | 39.8 |
Doing alright | 33.3 | 33.3 | 46.6 | 44.2 |
Just getting by or finding it quite or very difficult | 66.7 | 66.7 | 27.4 | 15.9 |
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic: | ||||
Lost job or had hours reduced | 55.6 | 44.4 | 38.9 | 33.3 |
Household member lost job or had hours reduced |
62.5 | 62.5 | 47.0 | 40.9 |
Had trouble buying adequate food sometimes or often | 88.9 | 44.4 | 20.7 | 7.9 |
Had trouble paying the rent because of money problems sometimes or often | 66.7 | 55.6 | 23.3 | 9.3 |
Had trouble paying electric, heating, cooling, or other household bills sometime or often. | 55.6 | 44.4 | 20.5 | 8.7 |
Social isolation & mental health: | ||||
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic: | ||||
Feel lonely sometimes or often | 66.7 | 88.9 | 46.6 | 37.4 |
Feel stressed, anxious, or depressed sometimes or often | 88.9 | 100.0 | 57.5 | 59.1 |
Health | ||||
Been tested for COVID-19 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.5 | 7.4 |
Household member tested for COVID-19 | 0.0 | 12.5 | 15.2 | 9.6 |
Note. COVID-19 = coronavirus disease 2019.