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Gender-Specific Mental Health Outcomes In Central America: A Natural Experiment, Thea Nagasuru
Gender-Specific Mental Health Outcomes In Central America: A Natural Experiment, Thea Nagasuru
Computer Science Summer Fellows
While COVID lockdown measures have had varying effects on the mental health of different demographics, several bodies of research have noted their disparate effect on women. Why is women's mental health more negatively impacted by lockdown measures, and how much more are they impacted than men? How can we predict and mitigate these negative effects on women? This paper aims to contribute to answering those questions by comparing COVID stringency measures and their effect on the gap in depression rates between men and women in two neighboring countries: Nicaragua and Honduras.