0. Sample Disclaimer

This set of analyses on well-being is based on responses collected from 4,808 caregivers between the dates of April 6th 2020 and December 23rd 2020. These caregivers represent a range of voices: 6.83% are non-Latinx Black/African American, 14.01% are Latinx, and 28.67% 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)