A new study highlights the severe impact of the cost-of-living crisis on discrimination and health outcomes for Black people in the U.K., finding that rising interest and bank rates have contributed to declines in both general and mental health, alongside an increase in discrimination.
Published in the journal Ethnic and Racial Studies during the U.K.’s Black History Month, this study from Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) is the first to examine how interest and bank rates during the cost-of-living crisis affect Black individuals’ health.
Researchers from ARU initially distributed participation forms during social events for Black History Month in London in 2021. They followed up with an electronic questionnaire between October and December of that year, collecting additional data in 2022 and 2023. In total, 264 participants took part in 2021, 235 in 2022, and 223 in 2023, producing 722 data observations across the study period.
