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Social Values Are Significant Factors in Control of COVID-19 Pandemic – Preliminary Results
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: Received: 2 May 2020 / Approved: 3 May 2020 / Online: 3 May 2020 (08:24:36 CEST)
How to cite: Jarynowski, A.; Wójta-Kempa, M.; Płatek, D.; Belik, V. Social Values Are Significant Factors in Control of COVID-19 Pandemic – Preliminary Results. Preprints 2020, 2020050036 Jarynowski, A.; Wójta-Kempa, M.; Płatek, D.; Belik, V. Social Values Are Significant Factors in Control of COVID-19 Pandemic – Preliminary Results. Preprints 2020, 2020050036
Abstract
Registry and survey data gave an opportunity to compare possible roles of social attitudes and social values in control and limit the COVID-19 pandemic. We analysed social values and time series of daily R0 (reproduction rate) estimates for 27 European countries. Embedded and affective autonomy are significantly negatively associated (p-Value<0.05) with controlled R0. It could mean that well interconnected societies with high attention to maximize utilities are more likely to couple with COVID-19. Hierarchy is significantly positively associated (p-Value<0.05) with controlled R0. Thus, hierarchical structures could inhibits control of COVID-19. The results emphasize the need to pay more attention to social values context in evaluating the effectiveness of mitigation strategies internationally.
Keywords
COVID-19; social values; cross-cultural studies
Subject
Public Health and Healthcare, Health Policy and Services
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