Definition: Estimated percentage of adults with caregiving responsibilities for children ages 5-17 whose children's schools closed in the period after the COVID-19 outbreak in March 2020 and were still closed at the time of questionnaire, by presence of children with special health care needs (CSHCN) in the household (e.g., in Wave 4, the children of 10.6% of California caregivers with school-aged children living in households with one or more CSHCN were still experiencing closure of their school).
Data Source: Family Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic. (Jun. 2022). 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. The questionnaire was administered during the following periods: Jul. 8 – Jul. 27, 2021 (Wave 3); Jun. 3 – Jun. 29, 2022 (Wave 4). These data are subject to both sampling and nonsampling error.
