The role of sociodemographic factors during a pandemic outbreak: Aggravators and mitigators

Name: The role of sociodemographic factors during a pandemic outbreak: Aggravators and mitigators
Author: Shahmanzari, Masoud, Eryarsoy, E.

İsim	The role of sociodemographic factors during a pandemic outbreak: Aggravators and mitigators
Yazar	Shahmanzari, Masoud, Eryarsoy, E.
Basım Tarihi:	2021
Basım Yeri	- Sociological Demography Press
Konu	COVID-19, Demographic features, Migrants, Pandemic, Public health, SIR, United States
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	0032-471X
Kayıt Numarası	9cf5acdc-6b7a-4591-9a2e-5e2218f6b180
Lokasyon	Management Information Systems
Tarih	2021
Örnek Metin	Many macro-and micro-level factors affect the spread of an infectious disease. Among them are sociodemographic, socioeconomic, sociocultural, health care system infrastructure, use of alcohol or substances, level of life disruptions because of chronic illnesses. Because of accuracy and timeliness issues, officials are often forced to make one-size-fits-all decisions across all regions. This paper offers a framework to analyze and quantify the interrelationships between a wide set of sociodemographic factors and the transmission speed of the pandemic to facilitate custom-fitted regional containment measures. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of a comprehensive set of sociodemographic factors in the diffusion of COVID-19 analytically. Our findings suggest that diverse sets of sociodemographic factors drive the transmission during different stages of the pandemic. In specific, we show that variables such as gender, age groups, daily commuting distances, modes of employment, poverty and transportation means are found to be statistically significant in the transmission speed of COVID-19. Our results do not suggest a statistically significant relationship between transmission speed and migration-related variables. We also find that the importance levels for the statistically significant variables vary across different stages of the pandemic. Our results point out a variety of public policy insights and implications.
DOI	10.1353/PRV.2021.0011
Cilt	60

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The role of sociodemographic factors during a pandemic outbreak: Aggravators and mitigators

Yazar Shahmanzari, Masoud, Eryarsoy, E.

Basım Tarihi 2021

Basım Yeri - Sociological Demography Press

Konu COVID-19, Demographic features, Migrants, Pandemic, Public health, SIR, United States

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 0032-471X

Kayıt Numarası 9cf5acdc-6b7a-4591-9a2e-5e2218f6b180

Lokasyon Management Information Systems

Tarih 2021

Örnek Metin Many macro-and micro-level factors affect the spread of an infectious disease. Among them are sociodemographic, socioeconomic, sociocultural, health care system infrastructure, use of alcohol or substances, level of life disruptions because of chronic illnesses. Because of accuracy and timeliness issues, officials are often forced to make one-size-fits-all decisions across all regions. This paper offers a framework to analyze and quantify the interrelationships between a wide set of sociodemographic factors and the transmission speed of the pandemic to facilitate custom-fitted regional containment measures. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the role of a comprehensive set of sociodemographic factors in the diffusion of COVID-19 analytically. Our findings suggest that diverse sets of sociodemographic factors drive the transmission during different stages of the pandemic. In specific, we show that variables such as gender, age groups, daily commuting distances, modes of employment, poverty and transportation means are found to be statistically significant in the transmission speed of COVID-19. Our results do not suggest a statistically significant relationship between transmission speed and migration-related variables. We also find that the importance levels for the statistically significant variables vary across different stages of the pandemic. Our results point out a variety of public policy insights and implications.

DOI 10.1353/PRV.2021.0011

Cilt 60