Coping Strategies, well-being and inequalities during the COVID-19 pandemic period

ABSTRACT: As a response to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the globe have carried on strict lockdown measures affecting millions of jobs, public life, and the well-being of people. This study examines people’s subjective well-being, such as the perception of the economic situation and mental well-being, who made adjustments to cope with the earning losses. We estimate the well-being cost, which is the money required to compensate people because of the reduction in earnings or employment loss and the coping strategy followed to bring their well-being to the levels of those who have not adopted any coping strategy. We examine two outcomes; the perception of the economic situation and a mental well-being index. We employ data from the ERF COVID-19 MENA Monitor Surveys for Egyp

SUBMITTER: Giovanis E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10162901 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature