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COVID-19 i svakodnevni život: Kontekstualizacija pandemije
COVID-19 in Everyday Life: Contextualizing the Pandemic

Author(s): Dušan Ristić, Ana Pajvančić-Cizelj, Jovana M. Čikić
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Sociology
Published by: Sociološko naučno društvo Srbije
Keywords: COVID-19; Everyday life; Pandemics, Serbia

Summary/Abstract: This paper provides an overview and findings of the research onthe social aspects of COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. We aimed to investigatethe immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on everyday life. The generalhypothesis was that it contributed to changes in common rituals and routines, especially in the areas we focused on: family and housework, trust, the Internetuse, and food practices. The study involved an online survey on the sample of 685respondents, adult citizens of the Republic of Serbia. The main criterion for theselection of respondents was their legal age. The research was conducted duringApril 2020. We present and discuss the findings, give preliminary conclusions, andcontextualize them within the current studies on the COVID-19 outbreak. The general research hypothesis has only been partially confirmed. Our findings suggestthat the pandemic outbreak has disrupted people’s habitual established practicesand strategies for managing daily life in the sense of either intensification or the absence of certain routines.

  • Issue Year: 62/2020
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 524-548
  • Page Count: 25
  • Language: English