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A study, carried out jointly by Universidad del Norte, Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional, in addition to University College London, used surveys and geographic location of data with more than 2,500 people to determine how customs have changed among Colombians in full compulsory preventive isolation in the country.
The research divided the population into three groups according to their socioeconomic stratum as follows: low (stratum 1 and 2), medium (3 and 4), High (5 and 6) and found that at least half of the people of the first group, those with lower incomes, lit is impossible to stay at home respecting the insulation.
46% of those surveyed, the document states, declared that they did not carry out their main activity at home since the confinement measures were imposed, while for high and middle income groups this percentage is between 10% and 17%.
It also adds that the group of people with lower incomes works mostly as labor and face-to-face work, both formal and informal, which makes it impossible to stay at home, putting them at risk of contagion. But also, the authors point out: “People in this group tend to have less availability of computers and stable internet access.”
For the middle and high income groups, the time spent on their main activity increased much more. The above is more evident for those people who carry out their activity from home
This coincides in the study with the effect on their income to live. While about 70% of the respondents belonging to strata 1 and 2 assured that the hit to the pocket has been high or very high, in the other sectors of high and middle income this percentage is 46% and 50% respectively.
In addition to that, more work is done. The authors point out that at least a third of the respondents, Whether teleworking is done or not, they claim that the time spent on their core business increased.
“Something to highlight in this case is that for the middle and high income groups, the time dedicated to their main activity increased much more. This is more evident for those who carry out their activity from home, since 40% of the high and middle income groups reported an increase in the duration of their main activity, in contrast to the 28% who did so in the low income group.
Going to the store is still the option
Another of the research findings is that, despite the call to stay at home, people prefer to go out personally to buy supplies or to buy products that they need instead of asking their homes for addresses. At the lowest income levels, 87% prefer to go out; in the middle level, that figure is 67% and in the highest income, 57%.
But that does not mean that the addresses have not benefited. In fact, regarding the habits that were before the confinement, lHome purchases increased 505%.
“Home orders in the high and middle income groups showed increases of 450% and 638%, respectively. In the low-income group the increase was 238%. Particularly, only 6% of this group declared that they made their purchases at home before the stage of social isolation, ”says the study.
Less exercise and promise of more physical activity
And the pandemic, as expected, made us more sedentary. 64% of those surveyed stated that before quarantine, they regularly engaged in physical activity. But after confinement, 55% reported that the time spent exercising decreased and 12% confessed that they are not doing the physical activity they used to do.
Of course, there are good intentions once the quarantine is over, as the study says that “There is a higher percentage of respondents in the middle and high income groups who say they want to spend more time on sports and recreation (23% to 25%) once the crisis is over.”
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