0. Sample Disclaimer

This set of analyses on child with disabilities is based on responses collected from 5,336 caregivers between the dates of April 6th 2020 and March 20th 2021. These caregivers represent a range of voices: 7.13% are non-Latinx Black/African American, 12.62% are Latinx, and 27.95% live at or below 1.5 times the federal poverty line. Only data from follow-up surveys were included in the analyses for “current mental health” situations. Proportions/percentages are calculated based on the item-level response rates, not out of the total sample size. The data for these analyses are not weighted.

1. Caregivers’ Mental Health

Depress (mean of the following items, ranged 0-3, converted to 0-100):
- Little interest or pleasure in doing things
- Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
Anxiety (mean of the following items, ranged 0-3, converted to 0-100):
- Feeling nervous, anxious, or on edge
- Not being able to stop or control worrying
Stress (ranged 0-4, converted to 0-100):
- Stress means a situation in which a person feels tense, restless, nervous or anxious, or is unable to sleep at night because his/her mind is troubled all the time. Do you feel this kind of stress before/after the COVID19 pandemic began?
Loneliness (ranged 0-4, converted to 0-100):
- Prior to/Since COVID19 pandemic, please describe how often…I felt lonely
Total scores were calculated by taking the average of the four constructs (range 0-100)