COVID-19 Collaborations Researching Poverty and Low-Income Family Life during the Pandemic.

This book synthesises the challenges of researching everyday life for families on low incomes during the COVID-19 pandemic to improve future policy and practice.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Garthwaite, Kayleigh
Otros Autores: Patrick, Ruth
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2022.
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Cover
  • Covid-19 Collaborations: Researching Poverty and Low- Income Family Life during the Pandemic
  • Copyright information
  • Table of contents
  • List of figures and tables
  • List of abbreviations
  • Notes on contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Covid Realities and the 'COVID- 19 and families on a low income: Researching together' collective
  • Austerity and pre- existing inequalities
  • Documenting family life on a low income during the pandemic
  • Existing precarity was exacerbated by the pandemic
  • Social security changes
  • (Lack of) support networks
  • Outline of this collection
  • References
  • Part I Social security in the spotlight
  • 1 Bringing up a family and making ends meet: before and during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Introduction
  • Method
  • Key findings
  • The extent of change over time
  • Work and income stability, and financial situation
  • Employment
  • Social security issues and adequacy
  • Managing increased costs
  • Support networks
  • Physical and mental health: 'the second, silent pandemic'
  • A comparative look
  • Cassie
  • Lisa
  • Conclusions and contributions to policy
  • Job and income security
  • The need for an adequate social security safety net
  • Access to formal support and services
  • Note
  • References
  • 2 Welfare at a (Social) Distance: accessing social security and employment support during COVID-19 and its aftermath
  • Introduction
  • Findings
  • Navigating the benefits system during COVID-19
  • Formal and informal sources of support
  • Methodological note on interviewing 'at a social distance'
  • Research in a context of social and temporal disruption
  • Adjusting our interviews to this social and temporal disruption
  • Notes
  • References
  • 3 Families navigating Universal Credit in the COVID-19 pandemic
  • Introduction
  • Social security support measures during the pandemic
  • Reducing cash benefits for families with children
  • The experience of claiming Universal Credit before and after COVID-19
  • Holly and Ralph
  • Kate and Pete
  • Policy reflections
  • Notes
  • References
  • 4 Complex lives: exploring experiences of Universal Credit claimants in Salford during COVID-19
  • Introduction
  • The project and methods
  • Exploring pre-COVID-19 experiences
  • Financial adequacy
  • Health and wellbeing
  • Experiences during COVID-19
  • The '£20 uplift' and financial 'stability'
  • The continuing importance of family and support networks
  • Illness, isolation, and mental health
  • Policy implications
  • Notes
  • References
  • Part II Intersecting insecurities in action
  • 5 The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on families living in the ethnically diverse and deprived city of Bradford: findings from the longitudinal Born in Bradford COVID-19 research programme
  • Introduction
  • Overview of findings
  • Financial insecurity: "sometimes it's eat or heat"
  • Mental ill health: "it's a battle not to slip each day"

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