The survey also found that Latina women are at least 5 percent more likely to become sick with COVID-19 than other women of color.
Amid a pandemic that has disproportionately affected people of color, roughly one in four Latina women in the U.S. have reported losing a family member to COVID-19, according to a new poll.on behalf of a group of reproductive rights organizations, found that at least 24 percent of Latina women have had a family member die from the coronavirus.
In total, nearly 80 percent of Latina women have reported feeling personally affected by the pandemic, whether it be through becoming ill, losing a family member, losing a job, being evicted, or struggling to make payments. At least 37 percent of Latina women also reported facing mental health difficulties throughout the pandemic, as compared to 29 percent of Black women and 34 percent of AAPI women.
as Black or African American; of Hispanic, Latina, or Spanish-speaking background; or Asian American Pacific Islander , or of any ethnicity/national origin recognized in the Asian race category by the U.S. Census Bureau. Interviews were conducted from April 7 to May 16, 2021.
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