Better mental health and sleep of older adults in Europe during pandemic is linked with educational level of their adult children

Harvard Bell Fellow Erika Meza, PhD, is an author on a novel paper that reports finding an association between higher levels of adult children’s educational attainment (a core marker of socio-economic status) with their older parents experiencing a lower prevalence of nervous, sad or depressed feelings, or sleep problems in areas in Europe hardest hit by the pandemic.