Abstract
The political restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic affect all population groups. However, they are of particular importance for those, whose current phase of life is mainly shaped by social life in public space – adolescents and young adults. The (at least temporary) closure of schools and universities, youth facilities, sports grounds, and pubs as well as contact restrictions changed the living conditions of young people. Life shifted mainly to the home environment and young people are obliged to deal with the people they are living with more than before. The Germany-wide survey “JuCo – Experiences and Perspectives of Young People during the COVID-19 Pandemic” asked young people about their well-being, worries and experiences during the time of lockdown. This article presents results on the situation at home and the well-being of adolescents and young adults of n = 5,520 respondents. Regression analysis is used to determine which influencing factors (e.g. money worries) affect well-being at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results show that different factors are influencing youth’s well being at home during the lockdown. Especially the emotional and social nature of their home environment has a very significant impact on how young respondents experience it during lockdown as well as their possibility to go outside.
Highlights
The political restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic affect all population groups
The emotional and social nature of their home environment has a very significant impact on how young respondents experience it during lockdown as well as their possibility to go outside
Young people can be seen as seriously affected, and will have to bear the long-term social and financial consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic and the political decisions made during this phase, their perspectives have not been taken into account when weighing up and making decisions in the context of the pandemic (Andresen et al, 2020a; Lips et al, 2020)
Summary
The data collected by the JuCo study between 15.4.2020 and 3.5.2020 form the basis for answering the questions about people’s experience of their home. This study asked adolescents and young adults between the ages of 15 and 30 about their experience during lockdown (Wilmes et al, 2020). Questions were asked about how satisfied the adolescents and young adults were with various aspects of their current lives, as well as relevant overall parameters and their current worries. The present article focuses especially on the young respondents’ subjective assessment of their current situation at home. Whether or not they agreed that they had a good time at home during the lockdown was taken as the starting point for the analysis. – How are adolescents/young adults getting on at home during lockdown? – What factors are influencing young people’s experience at home during lockdown?
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