Definition: Estimated percentage of adults with caregiving responsibilities for children ages 0-17 whose youngest child spent four or more hours per week with a relative, friend, or neighbor between January and early March 2020, by presence of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the household and person's relationship to the child (e.g., in Wave 1 (Nov. 9 – Dec. 11, 2020), the youngest child of 26.7% of California caregivers living in households with one or more CSHCN had spent four or more hours weekly with a grandparent before the pandemic).
Data Source: Family Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Dec. 2020). Questionnaire: American Academy of Pediatrics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Prevent Child Abuse America & Tufts Medical Center; California oversample: Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health & California Essentials for Childhood Initiative (California Dept. of Public Health, Injury and Violence Prevention Branch & California Dept. of Social Services, Office of Child Abuse Prevention).
Footnote: Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) have or are at increased risk for a chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional condition and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond that required by children generally. These data are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
