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For U.S. Latinos, COVID-19 Has Taken a Personal and Financial Toll
Latinos especially likely to report financial hardships if their household experienced a job or wage loss
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- For U.S. Latinos, COVID-19 Has Taken a Personal and Financial Toll
- About half of Latinos say they or someone close to them has faced health or financial hardships during the coronavirus pandemic. Yet most are optimistic about the future despite having faced challenges
- Latinos have become more optimistic about the direction of the country and the coronavirus outbreak
- Hispanics who work outside the home are more likely to have experienced a job or wage loss during pandemic than those who have worked from home
- Latinos especially likely to report financial hardships if their household experienced a job or wage loss
- Hispanics who had someone close to them fall seriously ill due to COVID-19 more likely to say they helped friends or relatives during the pandemic
- Child care has been difficult for most Hispanic parents during the pandemic; more mothers than fathers say it has been ‘very difficult’
- Across most Hispanic subgroups, about half say a family member or friend was hospitalized or died from COVID-19
- Latino adults under 50 more likely than elders to say they’ve had COVID-19
- Latinos who have had COVID-19 more likely to say someone close to them has been hospitalized or died
- About half of Latinos say someone in their household has lost a job or wages during pandemic
- Hispanic unemployment has declined since the start of the pandemic, with women and immigrants seeing the biggest decreases
- A majority of Latinos say they have experienced at least one financial challenge since COVID-19 began
- RE_2About a third of Latinos each say they have had trouble paying bills, received help from a food bank since the start of the coronavirus outbreak021.07.15_State-of-Latinos_2-04
- A majority of Hispanics say they have helped friends, family or charitable organizations during COVID-19
- A fifth of Latinos say they have received help with groceries, errands or child care during the pandemic
- Hispanic mothers more likely than Hispanic fathers to say handling child care responsibilities has been difficult during the pandemic
- Latino parents working outside their home are more likely than those working from home to say child care has been difficult during the pandemic
- More than half of Hispanic parents say their children’s instruction during 2020-21 school year has been only online
- Three-in-four Hispanic parents are concerned their kids have fallen behind academically during the pandemic
- Two-thirds of Hispanics say the worst of the coronavirus outbreak is behind us
- Satisfaction with the nation’s direction among Latinos, all U.S. adults rises sharply in 2021
- Satisfaction with the nation’s direction is up among nearly all Latino subgroups – except Republicans
- In 2021, greater share than before COVID-19 say situation of U.S. Hispanics is improving
- Across Hispanic groups, fewer in 2021 than in 2019 say the situation of U.S. Hispanics has worsened
- Views of situation of U.S. Hispanics, 2019 and 2021
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