Latinas More Likely To Leave Workforce During Pandemic, UCLA Report Shows

Los Angeles CA

17 June, 2021

8:12 PM

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By CBSLA Staff, CBS Los Angeles: LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – Latinas were more likely than other groups to drop out of the workforce during the COVID-19 pandemic according to a report released Wednesday by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Initiative. From March 2020 to March 2021, 2.7% of Latina workers dropped out of the labor market compared to 1.7% of white women workers in the same period, according to "Latinas Exiting the Workforce: How the Pandemic Revealed Historic Disadvantages and Heightened Economic Hardship." The report provided three main reasons for Latinas' exit from the workforce. Read more at CBSLA CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.