Research study for women service workers laid-off due to COVID-19

100 Main Street, Boston MA

Description

Ph.D. student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is conducting a research study to examine how women have experienced permanent job loss and unemployment as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. You may be eligible to participate if you are a woman, aged 25-54, who lost a non-supervisory job with a hotel, restaurant, or bar located in the Greater Boston area because of your employer's response to the COVID-19 pandemic (for example, your workplace closed, or your position or shift was eliminated). You may or may not be working again in a different job. The study involves one 2-hour interview at a time and location most convenient to you. Possibility of one 1-hour follow-up interview six months later. Interviews ask open-ended questions about your work situation, family life, and community. Participation is strictly confidential and entirely voluntary. Research team fully vaccinated. Payment of $30 Visa gift card for your time (plus $10 at follow-up). Take the short recruitment survey: https://mit.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_7WpdyTKEhXvSPWe Or text or call . Thank you very much.