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In addition to the geographic differences affected by the epidemic, this survey also found gender differences.
The World Health Organization (WHO)When the novel COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic was qualitative for six months, a global public opinion poll commissioned by the BBC noted that the public agreed with the epidemic.deepenThe gap between rich and poor is particularly severe in poor countries.
The new corona virus epidemic first spread in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Beijing reported the case to the WHO for the first time on January 3, 2020, and the WHO classified the epidemic as a global pandemic. until March 11. This BBC survey shows how many countries around the world have been affected in the last six months.
About 30,000 respondents from around the world, including mainland China and Hong Kong, participated in this survey. The results show that the economic damage caused by measures such as the closure of the city and the ban on feet due to the anti-epidemic is the most worrying issue.
Among them, those from poor countries and the young people interviewed believed that they suffered the most. 69% of respondents in poor countries said their income had fallen, compared to 45% in rich countries.
Furthermore, the differences are also presented in terms of race and gender. For example, the women surveyed believe that their victimization is more severe than that of men; the rate of new coronavirus infections in black Americans is higher than that of whites.
BBC World Service commissioned GlobeScan, a polling agency, to conduct this survey in 27 countries and regions. The relevant interview was conducted in June 2020, when many regions of the world were at the peak of the epidemic. In the end, more than 27,000 people were interviewed.
Chris Coulter, President of Global Scan, told the BBC: “One of the central arguments of this pandemic is” we share our honor and our misfortune. “Our opinion polls have found the opposite. Between countries, as in most countries. countries, these vulnerable groups have been the most affected. “
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An unequal world is even more unequal
The results of the survey show that there is a significant divergence between member states and non-member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The incomes of 69% of respondents from non-OECD countries or regions are affected by the epidemic, and the proportion of respondents from OECD member countries is 45%.
The OECD is made up of 37 advanced economies. The survey results mean that the population of poor countries has suffered more severely, the inequality between rich and poor in the world has worsened due to the epidemic.
Overall, compared to Europe and North America, respondents from Latin America, Asia and Africa believed that the epidemic was hurting them economically, such as Kenya (91%), Thailand (81%), Nigeria (80%). %), South Africa (77%), Indonesia (76%) and Vietnam (74%). Low-income people in these countries especially feel that they are now even less wealthy.
The proportion of respondents who gave the same answer in both China and Hong Kong was 55%.
Respondents in Australia, Canada, Japan, Russia and the UK gave a counterintuitive answer: the higher the income, the more they feel their finances have been affected by the epidemic.
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Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest number of new coronavirus infections.
Generation field
The survey also found that the new corona epidemic has created a gap between the young and the old.
Compared to the elderly, the younger generation believes that the epidemic has made their lives more difficult, and this may be related to the reduction in employment, social and educational opportunities caused by the epidemic.
55% of Gen Z respondents (born between the mid-1990s and early 2010s) and 56% of Millennials (Millennials; born between the early 80s and mid-90s) believed that , The epidemic has greatly affected their lives.
In contrast, only 49% of Gen X respondents (Generation X; born 1965-1980) were the same as 39% of postwar Baby Boomers respondents (Baby Boomers; born 1946-1964). .
Gen Z respondents suffered the most financially, with 63% of respondents stating that their income was affected; only 42% of baby boomers said their income was affected.
The older generation seems to be easier to escape. 56% of the baby boomers and seniors surveyed said the epidemic did not hurt them physically or financially. The world average to affirm that they did not suffer physical or economic damage is 39%.
Other important findings from this research:
- Almost 57% of the world, roughly six in ten people, believe they have suffered financially from the epidemic.
- Women believe that the economic damage they have suffered during the epidemic is more serious than that of men. Among them, the top three with the largest gap are Germany (32% for women; 24% for men), Italy (50% for women; 43% for men) and the United Kingdom (45%). Female; 38% male)
- In the United States, 14% of blacks said they or their family members were affected by the new corona epidemic, while 7% of whites
- Parents feel they have suffered more severely, 57% of parents responded to staff this way, and 41% of respondents who had no children felt they had suffered more
