Report

Socio-Economic Assessment of Children and Youth in the time of COVID-19 Jordan

How COVID-19 has affected vulnerable households in Jordan

Highlights

The global socio-economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could push 117 million more children into poverty by the end of the year, according to projections as of June 2020. The total number of children living in poor households globally could reach just over 700 million in the absence of any mitigating policies (UNICEF, 2020).
The pandemic is highly detrimental to children’s cognitive development, emotional and physical health, lack of quality healthcare and missed vaccinations, child protection concerns with raising levels of stressful home environments, unequal access to digital services, food insecurity and exacerbating vulnerabilities.
The objective of this assessment is to identify how COVID-19 has affected the socio-economic situation of households with children and youth. The analysis depicts the situation of households before the during the COVID-19 pandemic covering Education, Health, Nutrition, Negative Coping Strategies, Child Protection, Social Protection, Livelihoods, and Income.