Health problems and psychological distress among New Yorkers facing different levels of hardship (2022) Figure 4.5
40%
38%
35%
32%
29%
30%
25%
21%
19%
20%
15%
14%
10%
8%
5%
3% 2%
0%
Experienceing work- limiting health condition
Experiencing poor health
Experiencing serious psychological distress
Among New Yorkers facing...
Multiple hardships
One hardship No hardship
Source: Annual Poverty Tracker survey data, second, third, fourth, and fifth Poverty Tracker cohorts.
The Poverty Tracker is designed to capture a more complete picture of economic disadvantage in New York City. Looking across all three indicators of disadvantage, one realizes how widespread and overlapping experiences of disadvantage are in the city. The results call for policies and interventions that are holistic and that can reduce the breadth of economic challenges faced by New Yorkers.
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