Household effects of school closure during pandemic (H1N1) 2009, Pennsylvania, USA.
To determine the effects of school closure, we surveyed 214 households after a 1-week elementary school closure because of pandemic (H1N1) 2009. Students spent 77% of the closure days at home, 69% of students visited at least 1 other location, and 79% of households reported that adults missed no days of work to watch children.
Gift
Thomas L
TL
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA. tgift@cdc.gov
Palekar
Rakhee S
RS
Sodha
Samir V
SV
Kent
Charlotte K
CK
Fagan
Ryan P
RP
Archer
W Roodly
WR
Edelson
Paul J
PJ
Marchbanks
Tiffany
T
Bhattarai
Achuyt
A
Swerdlow
David
D
Ostroff
Stephen
S
Meltzer
Martin I
MI
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005191:Family Characteristics; D006801:Humans; D053118:Influenza A Virus, H1N1 Subtype / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D007251:Influenza, Human / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D058873:Pandemics / Q000191:economics*; D010414:Pennsylvania / Q000453:epidemiology; D012574:Schools; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students