Comparisons of home-based arts engagement across three national lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic in England.

ABSTRACT: Between March 2020 and March 2021, the United Kingdom (UK) experienced three lockdowns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the evident association between arts engagement and wellbeing, this study was designed to compare the predictors and patterns of home-based arts engagement during these lockdowns. Data analysed in this study were from the UK COVID-19 Social Study run by University College London. Multinomial logistic regression was used to identify predictors of arts engagement and compare (i) respondents' engagement levels during the first lockdown in April/May 2020 and their levels in pre-pandemic times (N = 23,086), (ii) their engagement levels during the second lockdown in November/December 2020 with their levels during the first lockdown (N = 11,481), and (iii) their engagement le

SUBMITTER: Mak HW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9432750 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature