COVID-19, Lockdowns and Well-Being: Evidence from Google Trends
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Google Trends data is used to test whether COVID-19 and the associated lockdowns implemented in Europe and America led to changes in well-being related topic search-terms, and finds a substantial increase in the search intensity for boredom and a significant increase in searches for loneliness, worry and sadness.About:
This article is published in Journal of Public Economics.The article was published on 2021-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 356 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.read more
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The COVID-19 pandemic and seeking information about condoms online: an infodemiology approach
Mac Zewei Ma,Shengquan Ye +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors employed multilevel analyses to examine how COVID-19 online query data (i.e., Google topic search terms Coronavirus and COVID 19) and coronavirus epidemiological data (e.g., COVID19 cases per million and case fatality rate) would predict condom information seeking behavior online, after accounting for death-thought accessibility, interest in birth control, CO VID-19 control policy, stay at home behavior, season, religious holidays, yearly trends, autocorrelation, and contextual variables such as HIV
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Men and loneliness in the Covid-19 pandemic: insights from an interview study with UK-based men
TL;DR: Men experienced loneliness during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic in the UK as mentioned in this paper, which led to a concern that loneliness may increase, facilitating poorer mental and physical health.
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Personalities shaping travel behaviors: post-COVID scenario
TL;DR: In this article , a post-COVID-19 psychological travel behavior model was constructed by using 12 variables within two opposing value structures (openness to change versus conservatism), shaping specific personalities.
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COVID-19 Impact on Household Food Security in Urban and Peri-Urban Areas of Hyderabad, India
R Padmaja,Swamikannu Nedumaran,P. Jyosthnaa,K. Kavitha,Assem Abu Hatab,Carl Johan Lagerkvist +5 more
TL;DR: In this article , the authors investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food security and on coping-strategies in urban and peri-urban areas of the Hyderabad, India.
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