The Impact of COVID-19 on the Welfare of Households with Children: An overview based on high frequency phone surveys

This study analyzes the socioeconomic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in 35 developing countries and studies trends between three household sizes:

• Households with three or more children
• Households with 1 or 2 children
• Households with no children

It finds that households with more children are more likely to suffer income loss, suffer food insecurity, receive social assistance and miss out on education.