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Study: Corona mortality is lower in most women-led countries

The University of Haifa found that the mortality rate from Corona in women-led countries is lower than the mortality rate from those led by men - but only in cultures characterized by tolerance for uncertainty.

"It is possible that the reason is a match between the culture and the leadership style that characterizes women leaders," the researchers explained.

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Yoav Itiel

Sunday, 01 November 2020, 22:23

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A new study has found that the average mortality rate from the corona virus or its complications in women-led countries is lower than the average mortality rate in male-led countries, but only in countries with a high-tolerance national culture.

The study, conducted at the University of Haifa, examined the mortality data due to the virus from all 163 countries that provided information on the sick and dead during the first eight months of the outbreak, including 22 women-led countries.

In the current study, doctoral students Talia Goren and Prof. Dana Vashdi from the School of Political Science at the University of Haifa sought to examine whether women leaders, such as New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden or Singapore President Halima Yaakov, cope with the virus more effectively than male leaders.

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"More charismatic, considerate and inspiring among the public."

Jessinda Arden and Halima Yaakov

In addition to the data on which the researchers relied, published by Johns Hopkins University in the United States, the researchers examined medical, economic, and social variables that may affect mortality rates in different countries.

The results of the study show that as of June 2020, the number of deaths from corona in women-led countries was significantly lower than in men-led countries.

In August, the death toll per 100,000 people in women-led countries was 7.91, compared with 10.36 in male-led countries.

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However, it was found that the advantage of women in leadership existed only in countries that are characterized by a national culture tolerant of uncertainty.

"Perhaps the reason for this lies in the correlation between national culture and the leadership style that characterizes many women leaders," said Prof. Dana Vashdi, the study's editor.

Among the variables examined during the study: the number of hospital beds per 10,000 people, the median age of the population, the size and density of the population, the level of GDP, the type of regime, the number of women in parliament and government and various health regulations

The highest number of dead and infected in the world.

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Also, for each of the countries, well-known cultural and sociological indicators were collected, relating to the degree of collectivism, hierarchy, tolerance towards uncertainty and the division of roles in society.

The degree of tolerance for change has been taken from a common international index, which has been used since the 1980s.

"In the past, a groundbreaking study was conducted that examined the cultural values ​​of thousands of residents in different countries," the researchers explained.

"Among other things, their perceptions regarding ambiguous and uncertain situations were also examined. On this basis, a score is formulated for each country, which reflects the degree of tolerance of its residents to situations of uncertainty."

"Matching Culture and Leadership Style."

Corona testing team in slum in Mumbai, India (Photo: AP)

The researchers even made it clear that "these scores have been tested repeatedly in thousands of studies since then, and there has been no change in them, proving that cultural values ​​hardly change over time."

For example, a country that is characterized by a high level of intolerance to uncertainty, is a country in which its citizens attach great importance to a sense of security, are worried about vague situations, and seek absolute truths and values.

In these countries, people are usually more stressed and anxious and there is fear and apprehension of the different and the new.

In contrast, in countries with low intolerance to uncertainty, these situations are received more positively.

Residents of such countries are characterized by lower levels of anxiety and stress, and innovations or changes are perceived by them as attractive and intriguing.

Corona examination performed outside a hospital in Milan, Italy (Photo: AP)

Israel is considered a country with high intolerance to uncertainty (81 out of 100), while the United States and Sweden are countries with lower intolerance (46 and 29, respectively).

"Previous studies show that women leaders are characterized by a leadership style called 'formative leadership,'" Prof. Vashdi added.

"They are generally more charismatic, considerate and inspiring among the public, compared to male leaders. This style is considered more appropriate and accepted in societies with a high tolerance for uncertainty."

However, she stressed that "we did not examine in the study what style of leadership the women leaders actually took, and this hypothesis needs to be tested."

The more women in senior positions, the higher the mortality rate

The results of the study also showed, and perhaps in contrast to the first results, that the higher the number of women in senior political positions, the higher the mortality rate from Corona, even in women-led countries. "Surprisingly, we found that variables that we expected to affect mortality rates were found to have no effect at all," doctoral student Goren clarified.

For example, population density, she explained, "the number of hospital beds and the obligation to wear a mask or restrict movement were not found to be related to the number of dead from Corona in different countries. In contrast, mortality rates were found to be positively related to women in parliament and government."

The researchers concluded that "the findings of the study point to the complexity of the relationship between gender, leadership and culture and the importance of adapting the leader's behavior and the policies he chooses to adopt to the cultural values ​​of the society he is leading."

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