Coming together or coming apart? Changes in social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic in England
Coming together or coming apart? Changes in social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic in England
复制标题
DOI：
10.1080/14616696.2020.1833067
复制
发表时间：
2020-10-23
影响因子：
8.1
通讯作者：
Laurence, James
中科院分区：
文献类型：
--
作者：
Borkowska, Magda;Laurence, James
本文探讨了新型冠状病毒疫情对人们对当地社区凝聚力的看法的潜在影响;特别是对弱势群体/社区，如少数民族或生活在高度贫困社区的人。为此，我们研究这两个趋势随着时间的推移，在整体水平的凝聚力，以及模式的积极和消极的变化所经历的个人使用全国代表性的数据从理解社会研究。我们测试了在流行期间凝聚力的正/负变化率是否在社会人口群体和邻里特征之间存在差异。然后将这些趋势与早期经历的积极/消极变化模式进行比较，以测试大流行是否具有独特的危害性。我们发现，2020年6月的社会凝聚力整体水平低于所有大流行前时期。在最贫困的社区、某些少数民族群体和低技能人群中，感知凝聚力的下降尤其严重。我们的研究结果表明，这一流行病给弱势群体和社区的社会资源带来了更大的压力，他们在生活的其他领域也经历了更多的负面变化。
This paper explores the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people's perceptions of cohesion in their local communities; particularly for vulnerable groups/communities, such as ethnic minorities or those living in highly deprived neighbourhoods. To this end, we examine both trends over time in overall levels of cohesion as well as patterns of positive and negative changes experienced by individuals using nationally representative data from Understanding Society Study. We test whether rates of positive-/negative-change in cohesion over the pandemic-period differed across socio-demographic groups and neighbourhood characteristics. These trends are then compared to patterns of positive-/negative-change over time experienced in earlier periods to test whether the pandemic was uniquely harmful. We show that the overall levels of social cohesion are lower in June 2020 compared to all of the examined pre-pandemic periods. The decline of perceived-cohesion is particularly high in the most deprived communities, among certain ethnic minority groups and among the lower-skilled. Our findings suggest that the pandemic put higher strain on social-resources among vulnerable groups and communities, who also experienced more negative changes in other areas of life.