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North Dakota Compass provides and promotes the use of credible data to improve the quality of life in North Dakota.
A project of the Center for Social Research at North Dakota State University, North Dakota Compass provides reliable and consistent information needed by North Dakota’s community, policy, organizational, non-profit, and business leaders who must plan for the future in an environment of continuous change. More >
Impact of COVID-19 on North Dakota households
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Households with children have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in the first year of the pandemic.
Ina Cernusca is the project director for North Dakota Compass and a research specialist within the Center for Social Research. With extensive experience in market and social research, she has participated in many projects that involved quantitative and qualitative research, grant writing, project management, and outreach/extension activities. Ina earned her MBA from the University of Missouri, in Columbia, MO, and worked as a marketing research specialist with the Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri prior to moving to North Dakota.
In this article, Ina highlights results of the updated study on the impact of the pandemic on North Dakota households with children.
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