‘50% Kids Faced Stress During Corona Pandemic’
New Delhi: A joint study by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences and the Child Rights and You have shown that nearly 50 per cent of children surveyed experienced stress of trauma during the COVID-19 pandemic and a lower family income was associated with greater stress.
For the study “Understanding Children’s Experiences During the Corona Pandemic: Stressors, Resilience, Support and Adaptation”, over 800 children aged 9 to 17 years were surveyed across 13 cities and towns. While over half the children (60%) reported feeling happy, and most of them reported having a good quality of eating (78.9%) and sleeping (74.9%), almost half the children (48.7%) reported that their daily routine had “changed a lot”.
Financial problems in the household were the most frequently cited stressor (26%), followed by uncertainty about when Covid-19 will end (24%), and worry about contracting the virus (23.5%). While there were no gender or age differences in the experience of stress, a lower family income was associated with greater stress. (ENS)