Life With Corona: report and launch of second round
Study shows global similarities and generational differences in dealing with the pandemic
01.10.2020
The study reveals that, despite being at greater health risk, older people they worry less than young adults. With regard to behaviour to counter the pandemic, the differences between age groups are only small. Women in particular are affected more severely than others by the additional stress caused by the current situation. It also turned out that, with the exception of study participants from the US, the majority of people around the world are in favor of free access to a future COVID-19.
Analysis of the responses from almost 12,000 participants from more than 130 countries showed also showed that younger people are more willing to forego a larger part of their income than older people to stop the spread of the corona virus. Moreover, people's support for governmen's countermeasures drop after the first peak of COVID-19 related deaths in a country.
The project is led by an international consortium: Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops (IGZ), International Security and Development Center (IDSC), United Nations University World Institute for Development Economics Research (UNU-WIDER), the University of Konstanz, and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) as well as a network of collaborating organisations and institutions from around the world.
Prof Dr Tilman Brück (IGZ and director of the IDSC), who works on the Food Choices in Transition project in food4future initiated the Life with Corona study.
The Guardian has reported about the findings here.
The survey can be accessed in 18 languages with more being added within the next few weeks and takes 15 minutes - please consider sharing your experience in the name of science here: