Researchers have learned how COVID-19 has affected the lives of children in Ukraine
learned exactly how Ukrainian children aged 9-16 lived in the pandemic: what they thought, what they did and what they worried about. According to the results of the study, the results of a socio-anthropological study of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on childhood in Ukraine were published.
For almost six months, the project researchers worked fruitfully and thoroughly to hear, collect and analyze stories from Ukrainian children and adolescents about life experiences, learning, recreation during the pandemic and the impact of quarantine on their lives, habits and mood.
Behind 3 stages: desk research, qualitative stage: remote ethnography (photo analysis, photo and descriptive associations, video tours) and in-depth interviews, as well as quantitative stage: telephone survey conducted by the project partner - Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. Here are the results.
The vast majority of children surveyed (80.5%) believe that the pandemic has affected their lives. Of these, 53.4% consider this impact to be moderate and 27.1% to be noticeable. One in five respondents (19.3%) believes that the pandemic did not affect their lives at all or was very insignificant.
One in ten children describes their emotional state during quarantine as depressed, one in seven speaks of being exalted. 74% of respondents assess their emotional state neutrally. However, it is important to understand that most children stated that they received support from their parents. At the same time, only 1.5% received support from teachers.
According to the all-Ukrainian stage of the survey, every second child would not want distance learning at all. 27% consider it as an additional way of learning, if necessary, 11.5% as a basic way of learning and 8.2% say it is an additional regular way of learning.
During the pandemic, the use of gadgets increased significantly - smartphones, computers and laptops, tablets and more. They are not only tools for learning, but also tools for leisure (44% chose to play / watch something interesting on the phone as a way to spend free time, 36.5% - watching movies or something (which, obviously, is also screen time) , 28% - reading, which is mostly also from the screens (given the answers of children during in-depth interviews.) In addition, gadgets are a way to communicate with friends, 61% of respondents use social networks to communicate with friends.
Almost a third of children (28.1%) choose reading as leisure alone, games (44.2%) - in the first place, followed by movies and anime (36.5%). Sports (23.7%) and drawing (23%) complete the TOP-5. Yes, reading tools and formats are changing, but interest in stories, feelings and stories has not gone away, it has only transformed.
According to the interviews, as well as the results of the national survey, it can be said that children spent more time with their parents: they helped them with their studies, spent their free time together, and this closer interaction was mostly to the children’s liking.
Also, children in general pointed to the adequacy of personal space during quarantine - there was a high provision of their own physical space (their own room or a room that children share with siblings) among children in cities with a population of 50,000 or more. The children also did not note the distraction factor from home while studying from home.
Also, one can trace some positive impact of the pandemic on sports habits. If 36% of children did not change, then 38.5% of respondents began to play sports or increased its presence in their lives. Sport was also a joint activity with parents for 11% of respondents.
This is only part of a large and important study. ATYou can get acquainted with the full results of the research, as well as the list of recommendations to state and public institutions formulated on the basis of data, by following the link or on the project website.
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For almost six months, the project researchers worked fruitfully and thoroughly to hear, collect and analyze stories from Ukrainian children and adolescents about life experiences, learning, recreation during the pandemic and the impact of quarantine on their lives, habits and mood.
Behind 3 stages: desk research, qualitative stage: remote ethnography (photo analysis, photo and descriptive associations, video tours) and in-depth interviews, as well as quantitative stage: telephone survey conducted by the project partner - Kyiv International Institute of Sociology. Here are the results.
The vast majority of children surveyed (80.5%) believe that the pandemic has affected their lives. Of these, 53.4% consider this impact to be moderate and 27.1% to be noticeable. One in five respondents (19.3%) believes that the pandemic did not affect their lives at all or was very insignificant.
One in ten children describes their emotional state during quarantine as depressed, one in seven speaks of being exalted. 74% of respondents assess their emotional state neutrally. However, it is important to understand that most children stated that they received support from their parents. At the same time, only 1.5% received support from teachers.
According to the all-Ukrainian stage of the survey, every second child would not want distance learning at all. 27% consider it as an additional way of learning, if necessary, 11.5% as a basic way of learning and 8.2% say it is an additional regular way of learning.
During the pandemic, the use of gadgets increased significantly - smartphones, computers and laptops, tablets and more. They are not only tools for learning, but also tools for leisure (44% chose to play / watch something interesting on the phone as a way to spend free time, 36.5% - watching movies or something (which, obviously, is also screen time) , 28% - reading, which is mostly also from the screens (given the answers of children during in-depth interviews.) In addition, gadgets are a way to communicate with friends, 61% of respondents use social networks to communicate with friends. Almost a third of children (28.1%) choose reading as leisure alone, games (44.2%) - in the first place, followed by movies and anime (36.5%). Sports (23.7%) and drawing (23%) complete the TOP-5. Yes, reading tools and formats are changing, but interest in stories, feelings and stories has not gone away, it has only transformed.
According to the interviews, as well as the results of the national survey, it can be said that children spent more time with their parents: they helped them with their studies, spent their free time together, and this closer interaction was mostly to the children’s liking.
Also, children in general pointed to the adequacy of personal space during quarantine - there was a high provision of their own physical space (their own room or a room that children share with siblings) among children in cities with a population of 50,000 or more. The children also did not note the distraction factor from home while studying from home.
Also, one can trace some positive impact of the pandemic on sports habits. If 36% of children did not change, then 38.5% of respondents began to play sports or increased its presence in their lives. Sport was also a joint activity with parents for 11% of respondents.
This is only part of a large and important study. ATYou can get acquainted with the full results of the research, as well as the list of recommendations to state and public institutions formulated on the basis of data, by following the link or on the project website.
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