Data and code for: Maternal mental health responses to COVID-19 shocks and uncertainty in rural Pakistan

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) Michelle Escobar Carias, University of Melbourne; Victoria Baranov, University of Melbourne; Joanna Maselko, University of North Carolina; Pietro Biroli, University of Bologna; Sonia Bhalotra, University of Warwick

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  Replication 01/11/2024 10:25:PM

Project Citation: 

Escobar Carias, Michelle, Baranov, Victoria, Maselko, Joanna, Biroli, Pietro, and Bhalotra, Sonia. Data and code for: Maternal mental health responses to COVID-19 shocks and uncertainty in rural Pakistan. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2024. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2024-04-24. https://doi.org/10.3886/E197342V1

Project Description

Summary:  View help for Summary This replication package includes the data and code accompanying the article "Maternal mental health responses to COVID-19 shocks and uncertainty in rural Pakistan".

In this paper, we investigate the association between a battery of mental health measures and experienced morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, worry about disease risk, experienced economic shocks, and economic uncertainty about the future. We find that an environment of heightened economic uncertainty might impact mental health, above and beyond the effects of realized shocks. A 1 s.d. increase in economic uncertainty is associated with a 0.223 s.d. decrease in mental health. This association is strongest among women who were depressed at baseline. We also find that current uncertainty is associated with future economic shocks. 
Funding Sources:  View help for Funding Sources National Institutes of Health (HD075875); National Institutes of Health (RF1MH132367)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms mental health; covid; uncertainty
JEL Classification:  View help for JEL Classification
      D14 Household Saving; Personal Finance
      D80 Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty: General
      I14 Health and Inequality
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage Pakistan
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 10/15/2014 – 6/22/2023
Collection Date(s):  View help for Collection Date(s) 10/15/2014 – 6/22/2023
Universe:  View help for Universe Perinatally depressed women and a non-depressed cohort
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) survey data

Methodology

Data Source:  View help for Data Source Household surveys funded by NIH grants
Unit(s) of Observation:  View help for Unit(s) of Observation Individuals

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