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Entwicklung des Einsamkeitsempfindens im Alter in Zeiten von COVID-19

Year: 2021

Type: article

Abstract: The article investigates the development of loneliness before and in the first months of the Covid-19 pandemic against the background of the socio-economic situation of older people. For this purpose, variance analyses are carried out with data from Lower Austria utilizing two surveys (pre-pandemic, peri-pandemic). The analyses show that older people are not a homogeneous group, i.e. the level of loneliness was already divergent before the pandemic and these existing differences were largely maintained at a somewhat higher level during the pandemic with little variation.

Source: Österreichische Zeitschrift für Soziologie

DOI: 10.1007/s11614-021-00461-0

Authors: Lukas Richter, Theresa Heidinger

Institutions: Vienna University of Economics and Business, University of Applied Sciences St Pölten, Karl Landsteiner University of Health Sciences

Language: German

Topic: Health disparities and outcomes

Subfield: Health

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,890