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Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey
OBJECTIVE: The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused devastating damage to employment globally, particularly among the non‐standard workforce. The objective of this study was to identify the effects of the pandemic on the employment status and lives of working students in Japan. METHODS: The Labour Force Sur...
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2021
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12209 |
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author | Tsurugano, Shinobu Nishikitani, Mariko Inoue, Mariko Yano, Eiji |
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description | OBJECTIVE: The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused devastating damage to employment globally, particularly among the non‐standard workforce. The objective of this study was to identify the effects of the pandemic on the employment status and lives of working students in Japan. METHODS: The Labour Force Survey (January 2019 to May 2020) was used to examine changes in students’ work situations. In addition, to investigate the economic and health conditions of university students during the pandemic, the Student Lifestyle Survey was conducted in late May 2020. This survey asked students at a national university in Tokyo about recent changes in their studies, work, and lives. RESULTS: The number of working students reported in the Labour Force Survey has declined sharply since March 2020, falling by 780,000 (46%) in April. According to a survey of university students’ living conditions, 37% were concerned about living expenses and tuition fees, and a higher percentage of students who were aware of financial insecurity had poor self‐rated health. CONCLUSION: Nearly half of working students have lost their jobs during the pandemic in Japan, which has affected their lives, studies, and health. There is a need to monitor the impact of economic insecurity on students’ studies and health over time, and to expand the safety net for disadvantaged students. |
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spelling | pubmed-79335592021-03-15 Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey Tsurugano, Shinobu Nishikitani, Mariko Inoue, Mariko Yano, Eiji J Occup Health Brief Reports OBJECTIVE: The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused devastating damage to employment globally, particularly among the non‐standard workforce. The objective of this study was to identify the effects of the pandemic on the employment status and lives of working students in Japan. METHODS: The Labour Force Survey (January 2019 to May 2020) was used to examine changes in students’ work situations. In addition, to investigate the economic and health conditions of university students during the pandemic, the Student Lifestyle Survey was conducted in late May 2020. This survey asked students at a national university in Tokyo about recent changes in their studies, work, and lives. RESULTS: The number of working students reported in the Labour Force Survey has declined sharply since March 2020, falling by 780,000 (46%) in April. According to a survey of university students’ living conditions, 37% were concerned about living expenses and tuition fees, and a higher percentage of students who were aware of financial insecurity had poor self‐rated health. CONCLUSION: Nearly half of working students have lost their jobs during the pandemic in Japan, which has affected their lives, studies, and health. There is a need to monitor the impact of economic insecurity on students’ studies and health over time, and to expand the safety net for disadvantaged students. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC7933559/ /pubmed/33665926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12209 Text en © 2021 The Authors. Journal of Occupational Health published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of The Japan Society for Occupational Health This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
spellingShingle | Brief Reports Tsurugano, Shinobu Nishikitani, Mariko Inoue, Mariko Yano, Eiji Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title | Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title_full | Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title_fullStr | Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title_full_unstemmed | Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title_short | Impact of the COVID‐19 pandemic on working students: Results from the Labour Force Survey and the student lifestyle survey |
title_sort | impact of the covid‐19 pandemic on working students: results from the labour force survey and the student lifestyle survey |
topic | Brief Reports |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7933559/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33665926 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/1348-9585.12209 |
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