Vienna Institute of Demography (Ed.)
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2022
Demographic aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences
Claudia Masferrer,
Oscar Rodríguez Chávez
S. 367 - 390
Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
doi:
10.1553/populationyearbook2022.res2.4
Abstract:
Studies on the symbiosis of crime and COVID-19 have analyzed governmentmandated lockdown effects. However, it is unknown to what extent previous crime rates determined a larger and more mortal spread of the pandemic. We study how homicides and robberies in the pre-pandemic year of 2019 are associated with 2020 mortality rates due to COVID-19 in urban municipalities in Mexico. Considering sex differentials in health, exposure to the virus and experiences of violence, we study whether gender differences in mortality exist in 2020. Using publicly available data on deaths due to COVID-19 provided by the Mexican Secretariat of Health, along with a series of indicators to characterize local pre-pandemic conditions of urban municipalities, we estimate a series of ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models on age-standardized crude death rates (ASCDR) by sex. Findings show that homicides—a proxy for criminal violence that might encourage people to stay home—show significant negative associations with mortality rates. Comparatively, robberies—a proxy of local violence and safety—were positively associated with mortality rates for both sexes. Sex differences in the determinants of ASCDR are discussed.
COVID-19; criminal violence; social determinants of mortality; gender differences in mortality; urban areas; Mexico
Published Online:
2022/01/26 07:20:30
Object Identifier:
0xc1aa5576 0x003d332c
Rights:https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Introduction
The population aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic in 20 papers: an introduction
Paola Di Giulio - Anne Goujon - Guillaume Marois
Perspectives
Aspects of a sociology of the pandemic: Inequalities and the life course
Karl Ulrich Mayer
COVID-19, the Russo-Ukrainian War, the global sustainable development project and post-crises demography
F. Landis MacKellar
Research Articles
Effects of income inequality on COVID-19 infections and deaths during the first wave of the pandemic: Evidence from European countries
David A. Sánchez-Páez
Assessing the generational impact of COVID-19 using National Transfer Accounts (NTAs)
Miguel Sánchez-Romero
The mathematics of the reproduction number R for Covid-19: A primer for demographers
Luis Rosero-Bixby - Tim Miller
Pitfalls and solutions in case fatality risk estimation – A multi-country analysis on the effects of demographics, surveillance, time lags between case reports and deaths and healthcare system capacity on COVID-19 CFR estimates
Patrizio Vanella - Christian Wiessner - Anja Holz - Gérard Krause - Annika Möhl - Sarah Wiegel - Berit Lange - Heiko Becher
COVID-19 and relationship quality: Emotional, paid work and organizational spheres
Daniela Bellani - Daniele Vignoli
Narratives of the future and fertility decision-making in uncertain times. An application to the COVID-19 pandemic
Raffaele Guetto - Giacomo Bazzani - Daniele Vignoli
Cognitive schemas and fertility motivations in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic
Wendy D. Manning - Karen Benjamin Guzzo - Monica A. Longmore - Peggy C. Giordano
Human costs of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the major epicentres in Italy
Simone Ghislandi - Raya Muttarak - Markus Sauerberg - Benedetta Scotti
Excess mortality and COVID-19 in Sweden in 2020: A demographic account
Martin Kolk - Sven Drefahl - Matthew Wallace - Gunnar Andersson
Regional COVID-19 mortality in Brazil by age
Emerson A. Baptista - Bernardo L. Queiroz - Everton E. C. Lima
Are homicides and robberies associated with mortality due to COVID-19? Lessons from Urban Mexico
Claudia Masferrer - Oscar Rodríguez Chávez
Data and Trends
Assessing excess mortality in Vienna and Austria after the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic
Ramon Bauer - Markus Speringer - Peter Frühwirt - Roman Seidl - Franz Trautinger
COVID-19 in Hong Kong: Policies and community actions mitigate the effects of age structure and population density
Zilin Li - Stuart A. Gietel-Basten - Rachel Ganly - Christian Joy Pattawi Cruz
Rapid changes in birth counts in Brazilian major cities during the COVID-19 pandemic
Everton C. Lima - Camila F. Soares - José H. C. Monteiro da Silva
Pregnancies and contraceptive use in four African countries during the COVID-19 pandemic
Andreas Backhaus
Exploring psychological vulnerability and responses to the COVID-19 lockdown in Greece
Lydia Xourafi - Polyxeni Sardi - Anastasia Kostaki
Why did care home residents face an elevated risk of death from COVID-19?
A demographic perspective using data from Belgium and from England and Wales
Nicole Mun Sim Lai
Comparing the loss of life expectancy at birth during the 2020 and 1918 pandemics in six European countries
Valentin Rousson - Fred Paccaud - Isabella Locatelli
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