Strict lockdown rules make SA unhappiest in country comparison - study

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Strict lockdown rules make SA unhappiest in country comparison - study

• South Africa has the unhappiest population out of three countries following the implementation of lockdown regulations, a study has found.
• The populations of Australia and New Zealand were also surveyed regarding their economies, political situation and demographic factors.
• The stricter the lockdown regulations, the greater the happiness loss, it was found.

Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, governments have implemented lockdown regulations to curb the spread of the virus. Though lockdowns do minimise the physical damage of the virus, there are substantial damage to population's happiness, well-being and livelihoods.

Researchers studying three very diverse countries - South Africa, New Zealand and Australia - regarding their economies, political situation and demographic factors, as well as the strictness of their lockdown regulations, have found:

• That lockdown regulations are the direct cause of lower levels of happiness during the pandemic (the researchers used Difference-in-Difference econometric modelling strategies), thus even considering the diversity of countries and lockdown regulations, a lockdown decreases happiness and well-being;
  
  
• The stricter the lockdown regulations, the greater the happiness loss. The graphs (below) compare the happiness losses in each of the three countries. In each of the graphs, the happiness levels of the specific country for 2020 is compared to that of 2019.

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Strict lockdown rules make SA unhappiest in country comparison - study | News24

Stricter lockdown regulations and a bleak economic outlook have led to South Africa experiencing the largest happiness loss during the Covid-19 pandemic, a study has found.

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[Supervan II]

No Schit, Shollie!

 

[dualmeister]

#nazi_anc

 

[MrGray]

No, really?

Pretty much any three way comparison between Aus, NZ and SA is going to find SA comparing unfavorably, and that would have been true long before Covid-19. This is like comparing Porsche, Ferrari and Fiat to each other and wondering why Fiat came out worst.

 

[Spliffcat]

Stupid Aholes trying to manage a country when they are too stupid to know any better. Zuma, Cele and the rest of the ANC thieves.

 

[Oldfut]

No, really?

Pretty much any three way comparison between Aus, NZ and SA is going to find SA comparing unfavorably, and that would have been true long before Covid-19. This is like comparing Porsche, Ferrari and Fiat to each other and wondering why Fiat came out worst.

Well I wouldn't say Fiat unless a 1980 base model, well "used"; Gupta style. Now more like an old GWM, Geely or FAW etc; all Chinese owned.

 

[thestaggy]

We were unhappy before Covid.

 

[WorldWarIII]

#nazi_anc

why you gotta go there? the Nazi's were never even half as stupid and ridiculous as this ANC.

 

[crysis]

No, really?

Pretty much any three way comparison between Aus, NZ and SA is going to find SA comparing unfavorably, and that would have been true long before Covid-19. This is like comparing Porsche, Ferrari and Fiat to each other and wondering why Fiat came out worst.

We are miles ahead in crime though!

 

[Datura]

"a StUdY hAs FoUnD"

Not very different from "Trends on social media show that"

Probably exactly the same thing in this case.

"Study"

 

[pinball wizard]

 

[Datura]

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

Well I wouldn't say Fiat unless a 1980 base model, well "used"; Gupta style. Now more like an old GWM, Geely or FAW etc; all Chinese owned.

no its a bargain basement BMW with a spanner for a steering wheel and 3 different kind of tires and no doors.
weaving in and out of traffic and doing anything it wants to do.