Material hardship (financial strain) Jan 2021

0. Sample Disclaimer

• This set of analyses on material hardship is based on responses collected from 9,734 caregivers between the dates of April 6th, 2020 and January 14th, 2021. These caregivers represent a range of voices: 8.52% are Black/African American, 14.31% are Latinx, and 33.16% live at or below 1.5 times the federal poverty line. 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.
  
• Survey questions: which of these needs have been hard to pay for in the past month? selecta all that apply
  
  • Food
    
  • Housing
    
  • Utilities
    
  • Healthcare
    
  • Social
    
  • Emotional
    
  • Childcare
    
  • Other
    
  • None of the above
    

1. Families reporting having at least 1 hardship

1.1 Overall

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1.2 By race/ethnicity

1.3 By poverty level

1.4 By poverty level & race/ethnicity

2. Source of hardship

• Based on most recent responses between October 2020 to Janurary 2021
  

2.1 Overall

2.2 By race/ethnicity

2.3 By poverty level

2.4 By poverty level & race/ethnicity

3. Chain of Hardship

3.1 Trend of Change in Related Variables

3.1.1 Overall

3.1.2 By race/ethnicity

3.1.3 By poverty level

3.1.4 By poverty level & race/ethnicity (only Nov to Jan)