Abstract :
[en] Using panel data from Luxembourg, we investigate the relationship between young individuals’ perceived coping with the COVID-19 pandemic context and subjective well-being during the short and mid-term phases of the pandemic (i.e., a few months after its outbreak in July 2020 and one year later in July 2021). Additionally, the study examines how this relationship evolves depending on youths’ subjective social status. Luxembourg is an important setting, as it is one of the happiest countries in the world, with the highest GDP per capita. According to our results, perceived coping with the COVID-19 context matters for subjective well-being beyond individual and macro characteristics. We found a strong correlation between perceptions of coping with the COVID-19 pandemic context and subjective well-being in high-social-status individuals and a weaker correlation for low- and middle-social-status individuals. Furthermore, the relationship between perceptions of coping with the pandemic and well-being was stable over time. The article stipulates several reasons for these results, such as a ‘comfort conditioning’ response to the pandemic for young high-social-status individuals.
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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the international conferences: “Well-being 2021: knowledge for informed decisions” of STATEC, June 28—30, 2022 Luxembourg; “Social Stratification and Social Policy for a Post-Covid19 World” of RC28, April 21—23, 2022 London School of Economics, Department of Social Policy (UK). We are grateful for the very helpful comments received as well as those from our colleagues in our regular seminars at the Centre for Childhood and Youth Research at the University of Luxembourg. This work was supported by the Ministry of Education, Children and Youth and the Luxembourg National Research Fund [Grant Number 147204589].
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