abstract: 'The growth of precarious employment coupled with declining social safety

  nets has increased economic insecurity among many households, leaving

  them without key resources to weather financial hardships like those

  brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This has been especially true for

  people whose disabilities, health statuses, and already precarious

  economic situations have made them extra vulnerable. We combine survey

  (N = 1,027) and interview (N = 50) data for Canadians with disabilities

  and chronic health conditions to explore how mobilizing four types of

  institutional supports connected to labor markets, financial markets,

  family, and government influenced perceptions of current and future

  insecurity during crisis. Because employment income was only available

  to about half of our respondents, many relied on a combination of

  savings, family supports, and government programs to make up the

  difference. This paper demonstrates how marginalized groups make use of

  different supports within liberal welfare states during times of crisis.'
affiliation: 'Maroto, M (Corresponding Author), Univ Alberta, Sociol, 6-23 HM Tory
  Bldg, Edmonton, AB T6G 2H4, Canada.

  Maroto, Michelle, Univ Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

  Pettinicchio, David, Univ Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.'
author: Maroto, Michelle and Pettinicchio, David
author_list:
- family: Maroto
  given: Michelle
- family: Pettinicchio
  given: David
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1111/soin.12504
earlyaccessdate: AUG 2022
eissn: 1475-682X
files: []
issn: 0038-0245
journal: SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY
keywords-plus: 'PERCEIVED JOB INSECURITY; MATERIAL HARDSHIP; WAGE INEQUALITY; GREAT

  RECESSION; WELFARE-STATE; EMPLOYMENT; POLICY; LABOR; CONTEXT; CANADA'
language: English
month: AUG
number: '3'
number-of-cited-references: '84'
pages: 538-570
papis_id: c1bd727d40f95275156500748b347dd2
ref: Maroto2023livingedge
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Living on the Edge: Institutional Supports and Perceptions of Economic Insecurity
  Among People with Disabilities and Chronic Health Conditions'
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000847074200001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '2'
volume: '93'
web-of-science-categories: Sociology
year: '2023'