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A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk

We present findings from three waves of a population-representative, UK time-use diary survey conducted both pre- and in real time during full ‘lockdown’, and again following the easing of social restrictions. We used an innovative online diary instrument that has proved both reliable and quick-to-f...

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Autores principales: Gershuny, Jonathan, Sullivan, Oriel, Sevilla, Almudena, Vega-Rapun, Marga, Foliano, Francesca, Lamote de Grignon, Juana, Harms, Teresa, Walthery, Pierre
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33566858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245551
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author Gershuny, Jonathan
Sullivan, Oriel
Sevilla, Almudena
Vega-Rapun, Marga
Foliano, Francesca
Lamote de Grignon, Juana
Harms, Teresa
Walthery, Pierre
author_facet Gershuny, Jonathan
Sullivan, Oriel
Sevilla, Almudena
Vega-Rapun, Marga
Foliano, Francesca
Lamote de Grignon, Juana
Harms, Teresa
Walthery, Pierre
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description We present findings from three waves of a population-representative, UK time-use diary survey conducted both pre- and in real time during full ‘lockdown’, and again following the easing of social restrictions. We used an innovative online diary instrument that has 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 risk-associated behavior between the pre, full-lockdown and post full-lockdown periods. We document a shift from more to less risky daily behavior patterns (combinations of activity/location/co-presence categories) between the pre-pandemic pattern and full lockdown in May/June 2020, followed by a reversion (although not a complete reversal) of those patterns in August 2020 following the end of the first lockdown. Because, in general, a populations’ time use changes relatively slowly, the behavioral changes revealed may be interpreted as a consequence of the UK COVID-19 lockdown social restrictions and their subsequent relaxation.
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spelling pubmed-78753762021-02-19 A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk Gershuny, Jonathan Sullivan, Oriel Sevilla, Almudena Vega-Rapun, Marga Foliano, Francesca Lamote de Grignon, Juana Harms, Teresa Walthery, Pierre PLoS One Research Article We present findings from three waves of a population-representative, UK time-use diary survey conducted both pre- and in real time during full ‘lockdown’, and again following the easing of social restrictions. We used an innovative online diary instrument that has 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 risk-associated behavior between the pre, full-lockdown and post full-lockdown periods. We document a shift from more to less risky daily behavior patterns (combinations of activity/location/co-presence categories) between the pre-pandemic pattern and full lockdown in May/June 2020, followed by a reversion (although not a complete reversal) of those patterns in August 2020 following the end of the first lockdown. Because, in general, a populations’ time use changes relatively slowly, the behavioral changes revealed may be interpreted as a consequence of the UK COVID-19 lockdown social restrictions and their subsequent relaxation. Public Library of Science 2021-02-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7875376/ /pubmed/33566858 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245551 Text en © 2021 Gershuny et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Gershuny, Jonathan
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Vega-Rapun, Marga
Foliano, Francesca
Lamote de Grignon, Juana
Harms, Teresa
Walthery, Pierre
A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk
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title_fullStr A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk
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title_short A new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on COVID-19 behavioral infection risk
title_sort new perspective from time use research on the effects of social restrictions on covid-19 behavioral infection risk
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7875376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33566858
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245551
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