Demographic and social issues of the pandemic

Abstract

The article begins with a small paragraph on why it is necessary to carefully assess operational data on morbidity and mortality from coronavirus. Further, the author discusses the complex of possible geo-spatial, demographic, socio-economic, socio-cultural and political factors of unequal impact of morbidity and overmortality from COVID-19 on various social groups and territories; hypothesize about the demographic and gender consequences of the pandemic and its accompanying economic recession in the short-term and long-term period. The author comes to the conclusion that the pandemic will have minor demographic consequences or won’t have any. And despite a number of negative effects, the pandemic offers a window of opportunity for the development of gender equality.

COVID-19 lockdowns and demographically-relevant Google Trends: A cross-national analysis

“…Notably, we hypothesized that consequences for demographic behaviors might be more marked in countries with less well managed outbreaks and with fewer safety nets, exacerbating feelings of uncertainty and economic insecurity. Pandemic-related research to date has primarily focused on mortality [ 2 ], migratory patterns [ 3 , 4 ], economic wellbeing and government responses thereto [ 1 , 15 , 38 , 45 – 48 , 66 ], and physical and mental health and wellbeing [ 11 – 13 , 36 – 38 , 46 , 48 , 63 ]. [ 1 ] provide a comprehensive review of the pandemic-related research to date.…”

“…The spread of COVID-19 and the resulting local and national lockdowns imposed in most developed countries in 2020 may have a range of potential consequences for demographic trends. The most direct and visible consequences, which have already begun to be documented, include increases in overall mortality rates [ 1 ], potential changes in the distribution of deaths by age and cause [ 2 ], and disruptions in global and local migratory [ 3 , 4 ]. It is still too early to measure the consequences of the pandemic for family demography in areas such as fertility, marriage, separation, and divorce, however, because trends therein are linked to longer-term emotional, biological, legal, and financial processes.…”

The Role of Information and Communication Technologies in Protecting Health and Transforming the Quality of Employment During the COVID–2019 Pandemic

“…Удалённая занятость оценивается исследователями неоднозначно с точки зрения качества подобной занятости, снижения роли живого общения лицом к лицу в процессе труда и социальной защищённости работника. В России заметны гендерные различия в вопросах удалённой работы: подобные формы занятости более популярны среди женщин [Kalabikhina IE, 2020]. Традиционное доминирование женщин в поддерживающих сферах, включая и широкий спектр профессий в медицине, оказывается в зоне риска в условиях пандемии и популярного для большинства стран решения -перепрофилирования медучреждений на время текущего кризиса для обслуживания заражённых.…”

“…Чем раньше будут предприняты соответствующие шаги в отношении само-и шире -любой удалённой занятости, тем больше шансов сделать цифровую экономику более социально справедливой. Отметим, что гендерный аспект в этом также присутствует в силу доминирования женщин в сфере услуг и того фактора, что именно она фактически составляет основу современной теневой экономики [Kalabikhina IE, 2020].…”

Everyday Life of the Russian Rural Society and Factors of Its Depopulation

“…So, I.E. Kalabikhina predicts mass or partial deurbanizationthe outflow of the population of cities concerned with the problem of epidemiological safety, to the suburbs or even to the countryside [8]. According to D. Santiago-Alarcon, I. MacGregor-Fors, the pandemic has only exacerbated research interest in epidemiological highly urbanized social systems in the case of the degradation mechanisms of urban management and sanitation urban institutions [11].…”