Liam Wright|Andrew Steptoe|Daisy Fancourt
Are we all in this together? Longitudinal assessment of cumulative adversities by socioeconomic position in the first 3 weeks of lockdown in the UK
University College London|University College London|University College London
background despite media claims coronavirus disease 2019 covid19 uniting societies countries shared experience concern pandemic fact exposing widening existing inequalities within societies data shown differences cases fatalities data types adversities lacking therefore study explored changing patterns adversity relating covid19 pandemic socioeconomic position sep early weeks lockdown uk methods data 12 527 uk adults university college london covid19 social study panel study involves online weekly data collection participants covid19 pandemic analysed data collected 25 march 14 april 2020 sample wellstratified weighted population proportions gender age ethnicity education country living used poisson logit models assess 10 different types adverse experiences depending index sep time results clear gradient across number adverse events experienced week sep clearly seen adversities relating finances including loss employment cut income basic needs including access food medications less experiences directly relating virus inequalities maintained reductions discrepancies socioeconomic groups time conclusions clear inequalities adverse experiences covid19 pandemic early weeks lockdown uk results suggest measures taken try reduce adverse events go far enough tackling inequality