Data from millions of mobile phones were collected in the 12 larges metropolitan statistical areas, finding a positive association between income and the ability to stay home.
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stay at home
Study: Stay-at-Home COVID Orders Were a Luxury Many Couldn’t Afford
A new study finds that people from lower-income communities were less likely to follow stay-at-home orders during the COVID-19 pandemic because they could not afford to comply or their work could not be done remotely. By analyzing the mobile phone location data from...
Cell phone data reveals poorer people are less able to follow stay-at-home orders during COVID-19
Individuals living in poorer and less affluent neighborhoods spent less time at home during various COVID-19 lockdown orders, according to a new international study. After analyzing mobile data on millions of U.S. citizens, study authors say poorer families and...
Here’s why poorer people are less able to stay at home amid Covid-19 pandemic
While the COVID-19 restrictions and lockdown have been introduced to obstruct the penetration of the contagious virus, a recent study that tracked data from millions of mobile phone users across the United States found, people living in deprived, less affluent...
Mothers Unite! by Bloustein’s Jocelyn Crowley now available for purchase by ILR Press
Mothers Unite!: Organizing for Workplace Flexibility and the Transformation of Family Life, a “bold and hopeful new book that serves as both a rallying cry for changing the relationship between home and the workplace,” is now available for purchase from ILR Press, an...