Essential women workers more likely to be at ‘high risk’ of catching Covid during pandemic - report

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Essential women workers more likely to be at ‘high risk’ of catching Covid during pandemic - report
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Women, who featured prominently in healthcare, more likely to have suffered from anxiety, research finds

A member of the intensive care team treats Covid-19 patients at Craigavon Area Hospital in Co Armagh, Northern Ireland, during the pandemic.

Lower-paid workers and those in the 25-34 age bracket were the other categories most likely to have been exposed to higher risks while mitigation measures “were much better implemented for high-earner essential workers”.Fools for Love? Online dating in a cesspit crawling with creeps and compulsivesThe research is based on 953 workers of a wider sample of 2,076 who were required to leave home to attend workplaces during the 14-month period in question.

Men, meanwhile, were three-times as likely as women to have worked long hours during the pandemic with public administration and defence, which includes gardaí and firefighters, agriculture and construction returning some of the highest percentages. Family caring responsibilities are likely to have been an important factor in this, but more women felt they needed to work at very high levels of intensity when they were at work, the report suggests.

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