Income inequality and COVID-19 in the USA

This study aimed to analyze the effects of inequality in income distribution, gender, race and education on incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 in the USA. For this purpose, a cross-sectional model was estimated for a sample of 2805 US counties. The results obtained allow us to conclude that i...

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Main Authors: Amate Fortes, Ignacio, Guarnido Rueda, Almudena, Martínez Navarro, Diego, Oliver Márquez, Francisco José
格式: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
語言:English
出版: Taylor & Francis 2023
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在線閱讀:http://hdl.handle.net/10835/14910
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總結:This study aimed to analyze the effects of inequality in income distribution, gender, race and education on incidence and mortality rates of COVID-19 in the USA. For this purpose, a cross-sectional model was estimated for a sample of 2805 US counties. The results obtained allow us to conclude that inequality in all its aspects posed a risk factor for incidence rate and, particularly, for mortality from COVID-19. Other results obtained show that access to healthcare, education attained, ease of adaptation to teleworking, vaccination and healthy lifestyle habits were key factors affecting incidence and mortality.