This replication package includes the data and code accompanying the article "Maternal mental health responses to COVID-19 shocks and uncertainty in rural Pakistan".
Investigated the association between a battery of mental health measures and experienced morbidity and mortality due to COVID-19, worry about disease risk, experienced economic shocks, and economic uncertainty about the future. Found that an environment of heightened economic uncertainty might impact mental health, above and beyond the effects of realized shocks. A 1 s.d. increase in economic uncertainty is associated with a 0.223 s.d. decrease in mental health. This association is strongest among women who were depressed at baseline. Found that current uncertainty is associated with future economic shocks.
Geographic Coverage: Pakistan
Time Period: 10/15/2014 – 6/22/2023
Universe: Perinatally depressed women and a non-depressed cohort
Data Type: survey data
Data Source: Household surveys funded by NIH grants
Unit of Observation: Individuals
