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Survey underlines COVID-19 hardships, financial challenges
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Poll found that families hardest-hit by COVID-19 earned less than $50,000 a year
According to new data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and NPR, families most impacted by COVID-19 earned less than $50,000 a year and lost all their savings. The poll also found that 14% of households report serious problems affording food, 14% report serious problems paying their mortgage or rent.
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Survey underlines COVID-19 hardships, financial challenges
Clip: 10/13/2021 | 3m 36sVideo has Closed Captions
According to new data from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and NPR, families most impacted by COVID-19 earned less than $50,000 a year and lost all their savings. The poll also found that 14% of households report serious problems affording food, 14% report serious problems paying their mortgage or rent.
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