A New Perspective from Time Use Research on the Effects of Lockdown on COVID-19 Behavioral Infection Risk

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We present findings from the first two waves of an innovative, population-representative, UK time-use diary survey conducted both pre- and mid-lockdown, using an online diary instrument that proved both reliable and quick-to-field. Combining diary information on activity, location, and co-presence to estimate infection risks associated with daily behavior, we show clear changes in such behavior related to infection risk between the pre- and mid-lockdown periods: a substantial reduction of time spent in those behaviors with the highest levels of risk, accompanied by an equivalent increase in low-risk behavior. Because, in general, a populations' time use changes relatively slowly, the behavioral changes revealed may be interpreted directly as a consequence of the UK COVID-19 'lockdown' regulations. Subsequent waves will reveal the behavioral consequences of future changes in regulation.

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• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 13599

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Demographic Economics: General ; Health: General
• Thema: behavioural risk ; infection ; COVID-19 ; time-use

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Gershuny, Jonathan I. ; Sullivan, Oriel ; Sevilla, Almudena ; Vega-Rapun, Marga ; Foliano, Francesca ; de Grignon, Juana Lamote ; Harms, Teresa ; Walthery, Pierre
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
• (wo): Bonn
• (wann): 2020

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/224041
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:46 MEZ