Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information and Science and Technology Management and Policy, University of Science and Technology (UST), Seoul, South Korea.
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information, Seoul, South Korea.
Sci Rep. 2021 Dec 8;11(1):23595. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-03036-x.
At a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has been ongoing for more than a year, young people have been the subject of vigilant scrutiny and criticism regarding their active engagement in social activities. We posed the question of whether young people's response to COVID-19 was different from that of other generations and analyzed awareness and behavior to investigate this question. Specifically, we examined internet searches for information on COVID-19 and credit card consumption in South Korea among young people in their 20s and compared them to a reference group of people in their 50s. Our research has confirmed that there was no statistically significant difference between young people and the reference group in this regard. Furthermore, in the 25 sub-sectors of industry we examined, young people's consumption activities recovered significantly faster than the reference group in only three sub-sectors. This study demonstrated that young people showed stronger interest than the reference group in their response to COVID-19, and that they cooperated with the government's social distancing policy by reducing their activities. Through this study, we presented a scientific approach for evaluating young people in regard to their response to COVID-19, offering useful implications for designing appropriate policies for public health.
在 COVID-19 大流行持续一年多的时间里，年轻人的社交活动受到了密切关注和批评。我们提出了一个问题，即年轻人对 COVID-19 的反应是否与其他几代人不同，并分析了他们的意识和行为来探讨这个问题。具体来说，我们调查了韩国 20 多岁年轻人对 COVID-19 的网络搜索信息和信用卡消费情况，并将其与 50 多岁的参考组进行了比较。我们的研究证实，在这方面，年轻人和参考组之间没有统计学上的显著差异。此外，在我们研究的 25 个行业细分领域中，年轻人的消费活动在只有三个细分领域中比参考组恢复得更快。这项研究表明，与参考组相比，年轻人对 COVID-19 的反应表现出了更强的兴趣，并且通过减少活动来配合政府的社交距离政策。通过这项研究，我们为评估年轻人对 COVID-19 的反应提供了一种科学方法，为制定公共卫生的适当政策提供了有用的启示。
