Understanding the effects of COVID-19 through a life course lens

Understanding the effects of COVID-19 through a life course lens

Phyllis Moen and Jeylan T. Mortimer

The Covid-19 pandemic is shaking fundamental assumptions about the human life course in societies around the world. In this essay, we draw on our collective expertise to illustrate how a life course perspective can make critical contributions to understanding the pandemic’s effects on individuals, families, and populations.