Physically distant but socially close? Changes in non-physical intergenerational contacts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among older people in France, Italy and Spain.
Physical distancing is intended to mitigate the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, the impact of a decrease in face-to-face contacts on non-physical social contacts of older people remains unclear. In particular, we focus on intergenerational contacts that are especially relevant for older peo...
| Publicado en: | European Journal of Ageing Vol. 18; no. 2; pp. 185 - 195 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=151001681&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 151001681 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 16139372 3RAL jtl: European Journal of Ageing issn: 16139372 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2021 vid: 18 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 151001681 10.1007/s10433-021-00621-x ppf: 185 ppct: 10 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 520KB tig: atl: Physically distant but socially close? Changes in non-physical intergenerational contacts at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic among older people in France, Italy and Spain. aug: au: Arpino, Bruno Pasqualini, Marta Bordone, Valeria affil: Department of Statistics, Computer Science, Applications, University of Florence, Viale Morgagni, 59, 50134, Firenze, Italy Observatoire Sociologique du Changement (OSC), Sciences Po, Paris, France Department of Sociology, University of Vienna, Rooseveltplatz 2, 1090, Vienna, Austria su: Spain France Italy Intergenerational relations Social media Age distribution Mental health Socioeconomic factors Telecommunication COVID-19 pandemic Educational attainment Middle age Old age Videoconferencing Surveys Comparative studies Descriptive statistics Social distancing Statistical sampling Logistic regression analysis Stay-at-home orders sug: subj: Intergenerational relations Social media Age distribution Mental health Socioeconomic factors Telecommunication COVID-19 pandemic Educational attainment Middle age Old age Spain France Italy Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians) Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance All Other Telecommunications Other telecommunications Telecommunications Resellers All Other Business Support Services Videoconferencing Surveys Comparative studies Descriptive statistics Social distancing Statistical sampling Logistic regression analysis Stay-at-home orders keyword: COVID-19 Digital communication Intergenerational contacts Intergenerational relationships Social contacts COVID-19 Digital communication Intergenerational contacts Intergenerational relationships Social contacts ab: Physical distancing is intended to mitigate the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. However, the impact of a decrease in face-to-face contacts on non-physical social contacts of older people remains unclear. In particular, we focus on intergenerational contacts that are especially relevant for older people's mental health. Our analyses rely on an online quota sampling survey conducted in France, Italy and Spain during April 14–24, 2020. We considered the subsample of individuals aged 50 + (N = 4207). We calculated post-stratification weights based on official statistics and used logistic regressions to analyze how changes in intergenerational contacts differed by socioeconomic factors and to what extent non-physical contacts (via phone, social media, etc.) have compensated the reduction in face-to-face contacts. Finally, the change in digital devices' use has been explored as a consequence of both decreased physical intergenerational contacts (PIC) and increased non-physical intergenerational contacts (NPIC). We found that about 50% of older people have increased their NPIC during the first lockdown. Younger individuals, those with medium level of education, and those economically better off displayed higher probabilities of increased NPIC as compared to their counterparts. NPIC increased especially for individuals whose face-to-face contacts decreased, particularly so if this happened with respect to contacts with children. A large share of older people has increased their use of video calls and instant messages, while only some increased the use of social media. These findings are relevant to understand how intergenerational contacts changed during the pandemic and may be central to better plan future outbreak responses. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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