Medical X-Press – Nancy Kong and Shelley Phipps
Did you lose your job because of the pandemic? Even if your job is not currently affected, do you worry about your future income? If so, you are one of many who experience economic stress. COVID-19 is taking a heavy toll on the labour market outcomes of parents with young children. While 70 percent of parents with young children were employed and at work in February 2020 in Canada, for example, that fell to 52 percent in April. Economic stress can also affect parents who are currently employed but are, with good reason in the present circumstances, worried about losing their jobs.
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