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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.
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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.

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The COVID-19 pandemic and seeking information about condoms online: an infodemiology approach

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

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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The psychological impact of quarantine and how to reduce it: rapid review of the evidence.

TL;DR: A review of the psychological impact of quarantine using three electronic databases is presented in this article, where the authors report negative psychological effects including post-traumatic stress symptoms, confusion, and anger.
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An overview of systematic reviews on the public health consequences of social isolation and loneliness

TL;DR: It is highlighted that there is consistent evidence linking social isolation and loneliness to worse cardiovascular and mental health outcomes and Prevention strategies should therefore be developed across the public and voluntary sectors, using an asset-based approach.
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The Impact of COVID-19 on Gender Equality

TL;DR: The economic downturn caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak has substantial implications for gender equality, both during the downturn and the subsequent recovery as discussed by the authors, which has a particularly large impact on working mothers.
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