Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Vol. 15 No. 1 (2021): Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology

Does Husband/Partner Matter in Reduce Women’s Risk of Worries?: Study of Psychosocial Burden of COVID-19 in Indonesia

*Hario Megatsari1 , Agung Dwi Laksono2 , Yeni Tri Herwanto3 , Kinanty Putri Sarweni4 , Rachmad Ardia (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Dec 2020

Abstract

Several previous studies have found that women are more susceptible to psychosocial burden than men.The study was aimed at analyzing the influence of having a husband/partner on the psychosocial burdenof COVID-19 among women in Indonesia. The study involved 5,061 women collected through a rapidonline survey. The psychosocial burden was reviewed based on worries level on 5 aspects of daily life,namely economic, religious, educational, employment, and social aspects. Four independent variables wereincluded in the analysis, including husband/partner ownership, age group, education level, and employmentstatus. A multivariate test using the binary logistic regression was done at the final stage. The results showthat women who have a husband/partner have a risk of 1.377 times compared to women who do not havehusbands/partners to experience worries. Women in the 40-49 age group had 0.630 times the risk of womenwith ? 19 age groups to experience worries. Meanwhile, women with the ? 50 age groups had a 0.327times risk than women with the ? 19 age groups for experiencing worries. Women with higher educationhave a risk of 0.610 times compared to women with secondary education for experiencing worries. It couldbe concluded that having a soulmate is a risk factor for women to experience the psychosocial burden ofCOVID-19 in Indonesia. The analysis also found that younger age and lower education were risk factors forwomen to experience the psychosocial burden of COVID-19 in Indonesia.

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