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Covid-19: the health crisis has "accentuated social inequalities"

2020-10-10T08:18:51.134Z


The epidemic has mainly affected populations living in cramped housing located in dense cities, according to a national survey by Inserm.


The Covid-19 epidemic has "

accentuated social inequalities

" in France, according to a large survey led by Inserm (the National Institute of Health and Medical Research) conducted among 135,000 people from the month of 'April.

Data collected by the Epicov survey showed that people living in cramped or overcrowded housing (less than 18 m² per person for those who share accommodation) are 2.5 times more likely to have tested positive for Covid-19.

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Most of these people, according to the survey, live in densely populated cities, which increases the risk of being infected.

Note that more than one in ten people have experienced confinement in a small space.

Among them, 20% of so-called “essential” professions during this period (cleaning staff, cashiers, home helpers, construction workers, etc.)

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In addition, the inhabitants of the most densely populated municipalities, with at least 1,500 inhabitants per km² for a minimum of 50,000 inhabitants, are twice as likely to have been infected.

The accumulation of these two factors is accentuated mainly for 25-34 year olds without a diploma, at the bottom of the income scale "

and among immigrants of non-European origin, reflecting phenomena of socio-spatial segregation

."

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Short-time working has also contributed to widening social gaps.

"

Partial unemployment or technical unemployment measures concerned more young people, and working-class circles, whose relationship to employment was already fragile before the health crisis

,

"

notes Inserm.

Thus, workers, first generation immigrants, and the less well-off financially "

were much more often affected by these measures than other social categories

".

Consequence: the financial situation during the confinement period deteriorated for one in four people.

28% of women and 29% of men surveyed felt that their financial situation had deteriorated.

Here again, the most affected are the most precarious.

"

The social categories most affected are the professions most vulnerable to the crisis: farmers, self-employed and entrepreneurs, workers, unemployed people, but also more broadly, low-income people and first and second generation immigrants"

, adds the 'Inserm.

Source: lefigaro

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