Activities and concerns of Canadian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Release date: May 21, 2020
Description: Activities and concerns of Canadian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
Activities and concerns of Canadian youth during the COVID-19 pandemic
- Between March 29 and April 3, Statistics Canada collected information via a new web panel survey in the Canadian Perspectives Survey Series. More than 4,600 people in the 10 provinces responded to this survey. About 22% were youth aged 15 to 30 years.
- 40% of youth reported excellent or very good health.
- Activities engaged in by youth aged 15 to 30
percent | |
---|---|
Communication with friends and family | 93.6 |
Exercise indoors | 66.8 |
Exercise outdoors | 62.3 |
Changing food choices | 39.7 |
Meditation | 22.7 |
- Concerns of youth aged 15 to 30 about the impact of COVID-19
percent | |
---|---|
Health of vulnerable people | 86.5 |
Overloading the health system | 85.9 |
Health of the world's population | 65.4 |
Health of the Canadian population | 61.6 |
Health of a household member | 52.0 |
Civil disorder | 47.3 |
Ability to cooperate during crisis | 37.8 |
Ability to cooperate and support one another after the crisis | 36.1 |
Family stress due to confinement | 36.1 |
Maintaining social ties | 34.3 |
My own health | 21.0 |
Source: Canadian Perspectives Survey Series, March/April 2020.
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