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COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia
Research efforts in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic focused on the actual and potential impacts on societies, economies, sectors, and governments. Less attention was paid to the experiences of individuals and less still to the impact of COVID-19 on an individual’s wellbeing. This researc...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252898 |
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author | Saikia, Udoy Dodd, Melinda M. Chalmers, James Dasvarma, Gouranga Schech, Susanne |
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description | Research efforts in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic focused on the actual and potential impacts on societies, economies, sectors, and governments. Less attention was paid to the experiences of individuals and less still to the impact of COVID-19 on an individual’s wellbeing. This research addresses this gap by utilising a holistic wellbeing framework to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the overall wellbeing of individuals in the Australian state of South Australia through an online survey. The research framework for the survey comprises six dimensions: psychological and emotional health, physical health, living standards, family and community vitality, governance, and ecological diversity and resilience. The results show that most respondents (71%) were able to maintain overall wellbeing during the pandemic. However, more than a half of the respondents could not maintain wellbeing in psychological and emotional health. Further examination of the drivers of inability to maintain overall wellbeing reveals that low-income individuals, younger respondents (aged 18–24) and women suffer disproportionate hardships. Defining poverty in terms of multi-dimensional deprivations in wellbeing enables a nuanced analysis of the unequal impacts of COVID-19 mitigation policies that can be used to improve policymaking. |
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spelling | pubmed-81919652021-06-10 COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia Saikia, Udoy Dodd, Melinda M. Chalmers, James Dasvarma, Gouranga Schech, Susanne PLoS One Research Article Research efforts in the initial months of the COVID-19 pandemic focused on the actual and potential impacts on societies, economies, sectors, and governments. Less attention was paid to the experiences of individuals and less still to the impact of COVID-19 on an individual’s wellbeing. This research addresses this gap by utilising a holistic wellbeing framework to examine the impact of COVID-19 on the overall wellbeing of individuals in the Australian state of South Australia through an online survey. The research framework for the survey comprises six dimensions: psychological and emotional health, physical health, living standards, family and community vitality, governance, and ecological diversity and resilience. The results show that most respondents (71%) were able to maintain overall wellbeing during the pandemic. However, more than a half of the respondents could not maintain wellbeing in psychological and emotional health. Further examination of the drivers of inability to maintain overall wellbeing reveals that low-income individuals, younger respondents (aged 18–24) and women suffer disproportionate hardships. Defining poverty in terms of multi-dimensional deprivations in wellbeing enables a nuanced analysis of the unequal impacts of COVID-19 mitigation policies that can be used to improve policymaking. Public Library of Science 2021-06-10 /pmc/articles/PMC8191965/ /pubmed/34111173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252898 Text en © 2021 Saikia et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Saikia, Udoy Dodd, Melinda M. Chalmers, James Dasvarma, Gouranga Schech, Susanne COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title | COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title_full | COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title_fullStr | COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title_full_unstemmed | COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title_short | COVID-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of South Australia |
title_sort | covid-19, individual wellbeing and multi-dimensional poverty in the state of south australia |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8191965/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34111173 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252898 |
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