The panic stays in your mind…concentrating more on the worries than the relationship”: Intimate partnerships during COVID‐19 for immigrant women in New York City

Author:

Wurtz Heather M.1234ORCID,Samari Goleen56

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University New York New York USA

2. Anthropology Department University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA

3. Research Program on Global Health & Human Rights, Gladstein Family Human Rights Institute University of Connecticut Storrs Connecticut USA

4. Population Studies and Training Center Brown University Providence Rhode Island USA

5. Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health Columbia University New York New York USA

6. Department of Population and Public Health Sciences Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California Los Angeles California USA

Abstract

AbstractObjectiveThis study examines perceptions of change in intimate relationships among partnered, immigrant women in New York City during the first year of the COVID‐19 pandemic. We pay close attention to how structural oppression, particularly related to undocumented immigration status, shaped women's experiences with their intimate partners during a period of social upheaval.BackgroundCOVID‐19 has exacerbated many existing structural inequities and subsequent stressors that have been shown to have an adverse effect on intimate relationships, including increased economic instability and mental health distress. Immigrant women may be particularly vulnerable to relationship strain because of intersecting social and structural inequities.MethodsWe draw on in‐depth, semi‐structured interviews among a heterogenous sample of 22 women with varied legal status from Latin America, South and East Asia, and the Middle East.ResultsFindings reveal three primary pathways through which structural inequities shaped women's experiences with intimate partnership strain, including financial and material scarcity; uneven caregiving burdens; and constrained access to support in situations of violence and abuse.ConclusionOur analysis demonstrates ways that structural oppression, particularly driven by exclusionary immigration laws, influences intimate partner relationships through the legal status of immigrant women. Understanding how structural oppression shapes immigrant partnerships is essential for the field of family demography and for family‐serving professionals in referring clients to resources and services, as well as helping women explore sources of resilience and coping within their families and communities.

Funder

William T. Grant Foundation

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

Publisher

Wiley

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