Family Life in Lockdown

Frontiers in Psychology

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Pietro Biroli¹  Steven Bosworth²  Marina Della Giusta²  Amalia Di Girolamo³  Sylvia Jaworska⁴  Jeremy Vollen¹ 

[1] Department of Economics, University of Zurich;Department of Economics, University of Reading, United Kingdom;Department of Economics, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom;Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Reading, United Kingdom

关键词: lockdown;    care;    housework;    tensions;    COVID-19;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.687570

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The lockdown imposed following the COVID-19 pandemic of spring 2020 dramatically changed the daily lives and routines of millions of people worldwide. We analyze how such changes contributed to patterns of activity within the household using a novel survey of Italian, British, and American families in lockdown. A high percentage report disruptions in the patterns of family life, manifesting in new work patterns, chore allocations, and household tensions. Though men have taken an increased share of childcare and grocery shopping duties, reallocations are not nearly as stark as disruptions to work patterns might suggest, and families having to reallocate duties report greater tensions. Our results highlight tightened constraints budging up against stable and gendered patterns of intra-household cooperation norms. While the long-run consequences of the COVID-19 lockdown on family life cannot be assessed at this stage, we point toward the likely opportunities and challenges.

【 授权许可】

CC BY