COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorWorld Visionen
cg.contributor.donorNational Research Foundationen
cg.coverage.countryMozambique
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MZ
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSouthern Africa
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.creator.identifierNaureen Karachiwalla: 0000-0001-6662-106X
cg.creator.identifierJessica Leight: 0000-0002-1691-9682
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134878en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Poverty, Health, and Nutrition Division
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number2075en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorChimbutane, Felicianoen
dc.contributor.authorHerrera-Almanza, Catalinaen
dc.contributor.authorKarachiwalla, Naureenen
dc.contributor.authorLauchande, Carlosen
dc.contributor.authorLeight, Jessicaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:14:21Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:14:21Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143468
dc.titleCOVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambiqueen
dcterms.abstractThe onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, entailing widespread school closures as well as acute disruptions to household livelihoods, has presumably had substantial consequences for adolescent well-being in developing country contexts that remain largely unexplored. We present novel evidence about the prevalence of mental health challenges among adolescent students as well as educators in rural Mozambique using data from an in-person survey conducted in 175 schools. In our sample, 31% of students report low levels of well-being (though only 10% suffer from high anxiety): students enrolled in schools that used a wider variety of distance learning measures report lower anxiety, while students reporting familial shocks linked to the pandemic report higher anxiety and lower well-being. Educators experience comparatively lower levels of anxiety and higher well-being, and household-level shocks are most predictive of variation in mental health. However, well-being is negatively affected by the range of hygiene-related measures implemented in schools upon reopening.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationChimbutane, Feliciano; Herrera-Almanza, Catalina; Karachiwalla, Naureen; Lauchande, Carlos; and Leight, Jessica. 2021. COVID-19 school closures and mental health of adolescent students: Evidence from rural Mozambique. IFPRI Discussion Paper 2075. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134878.en
dcterms.extent36 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Discussion Paperen
dcterms.issued2021-12-20
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134878en
dcterms.subjectadolescentsen
dcterms.subjectmental healthen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectstudentsen
dcterms.subjectquarantineen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.typeWorking Paper

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