Poles at home: how do we deal with isolation?

Constant staying at home during the isolation caused by the epidemic is burdensome for almost 90 percent of Poles – this is the result of the first measurement of the survey ‘Poles during the epidemic ‘carried out by the SW Research Market and Opinion Agency
from March 31 to April 1, 2020.

Only for 13 percent of respondents, this situation was not seen as burdensome at all. However, despite the increasingly stringent restrictions, Poles declare that they can find different ways to deal with limitations. The respondents mentioned on average six home activities that make their free time more enjoyable during isolation. Only 7 percent of them indicated that they do nothing and only get bored, although every fourth person in this group admits that they do it more often compared to the period before the epidemic.

Poles definitely prefer the time spent in front of the monitor or TV screen. Surfing on the Internet is the most popular time killer during an epidemic (63 percent), followed by watching movies and series (62 percent). The latter also noted one of the higher increases in declarations compared to the time before the epidemic.

“We'd like to add a brick in the form of providing reliable information on current social sentiment. Perhaps we are not able to develop an accurate model forecasting the dynamics of the epidemic, but using our resources and experience, we are ready to report the moods and behavior of Poles in this difficult time. In response to the current situation, we begin a cyclical measurement, which focuses not only on the fears present during the epidemic but also captures social dynamics,” Piotr Zimolzak, vice president of the SW Research Market and Opinion Research Agency, said.

(WBJ)