The Covid-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom and subjective well-being: Have the self-employed suffered more due to hours and income reductions?

2021 ◽  
pp. 026624262098676 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wei Yue ◽  
Marc Cowling
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Rare Events ◽  
Well Being ◽  
The Self ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Data Set ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Hours Of Work ◽  
Period Data ◽  
The Uk

It is well documented that the self-employed experience higher levels of happiness than waged employees even when their incomes are lower. Given the UK government’s asymmetric treatment of waged workers and the self-employed, we use a unique Covid-19 period data set which covers the months leading up to the March lockdown and the months just after to assess three aspects of the Covid-19 crisis on the self-employed: hours of work reductions, the associated income reductions and the effects of both on subjective well-being. Our findings show the large and disproportionate reductions in hours and income for the self-employed directly contributed to a deterioration in their levels of subjective well-being compared to waged workers. It appears that their resilience was broken when faced with the reality of dealing with rare events, particularly when the UK welfare support response was asymmetric and favouring waged employees.

scholarly journals From Me to You: Time Together and Subjective Well-Being in the UK

Sociology ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 003803852110331
Author(s):  
Giacomo Vagni
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Division Of Labour ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Family Time ◽  
Mothers And Fathers ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Time Use Survey ◽  
The Uk

Time together as a family is a crucial dimension of family life. However, its impact on personal happiness is not well understood. I use the United Kingdom Time Use Survey 2014–2015 to study how time spent with partners and children affects daily subjective well-being. Overall, I find that family time, couple time, and time alone with children contributes significantly to mothers’ and fathers’ well-being. I show that the activities that families share together mediate an important part of the enjoyment of time together but do not entirely explain this association. This suggests that beyond what families do together, families enjoy being together. I find that fathers enjoy family time more than mothers do. I demonstrate that the unequal division of labour during family time explains this discrepancy. I conclude by discussing the recent transformations of intimate relationships.

Conclusion: Inequality, Liminality and Risk

2019 ◽  
pp. 139-158
Author(s):  
Pauline Leonard ◽  
Rachel J. Wilde
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Structure ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
The Self ◽  
Labour Markets ◽  
Youth Employment ◽  
Employment Policy ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk

This chapter provides an overview of the book by drawing out four key themes which emerged through the chapters as of key significance for understanding youth employability in the United Kingdom: regionality, social inequality, liminality and risk. Taking each of these in turn, the chapter demonstrates how the pervasive force of neoliberalism shapes youth employment policy and youth labour markets in the diverse regions of the UK. In order to ‘get in’ and then to ‘get on’, Britain’s young people must demonstrate neoliberal qualities such as individualisation, responsibilisation and resilience to risk. At the same time, the ability to perform this version of the self is powerfully shaped by social structure.

scholarly journals Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Measuring What Matters

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Musikanski ◽  
Carl Polley
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Pursuit Of Happiness ◽  
Policy Initiatives ◽  
The Third ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Paradigm

This essay focuses on ways in which the governments of Bhutan and the United Kingdom are measuring subjective well-being as well as on how other governments including Norway, Spain, China, Canada, and New Zealand, are exploring the development of subjective well-being indicators. It concludes with recommended actions to aid in the formation of a consistent and comparable subjective well-being indicator for use by governments globally. The third in a series for which the purpose is to provide information to grassroots activists to foster the happiness movement for a new economic paradigm, this essay builds on the previous essays, Happiness in Public Policy and Measuring Happiness to Guide Public Policy: A Survey of Instruments and Policy Initiatives.

Salafist Third Spaces and Hybridic Purity on YouTube

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 13-29
Author(s):  
Susanne Stadlbauer
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Third Space ◽  
The Self ◽  
Space Theory ◽  
Political Values ◽  
Third Space Theory ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Third Spaces ◽  
The Uk

Abstract This case study applies aspects of third space theory (Bhabha, 2004; Hoover & Echchaibi, 2014) to investigate the activism on the YouTube channel Salafimedia UK (smuk) and their claim to be the self-proscribed “truest” and “purest” Islamic sect. This chapter introduces the somewhat paradoxical concept of “hybridic purity” – an emerging ideology that seeks to encompass pre-modern Islamic practices of the salaf (“predecessors” or first generations of Muslims) as the purest form of Islam (see also Wagemakers, 2016); modern values of individuality and reliance on the “self”; the affordances of the YouTube channel; and resistance to present-day Western cultural and political values, especially those of the United Kingdom (UK), as well as to the UK government’s censorship and bans of Salafist movements. This hybridic purity becomes authoritative as it compels YouTube audience members to take responsibility for their own growth and activism as pious Salafists.

scholarly journals What Is the Health and Well-Being Burden for Parents Living With a Child With ADHD in the United Kingdom?

2020 ◽  
pp. 108705472092589 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tessa Peasgood ◽  
Anupam Bhardwaj ◽  
John E. Brazier ◽  
Katie Biggs ◽  
David Coghill ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Control Groups ◽  
Childhood Adhd ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Mental Well Being ◽  
Health And Well Being

Objective: To explore the burden associated with childhood ADHD in a large observational study. Methods: We recruited familes with at least one child (6-18 years) with ADHD via 15 NHS trusts in the UK, and collected data from all family members. We made careful adjustments to ensure a like-for-like comparison with two different control groups, and explored the impact of controlling for a positive parental/carer ADHD screen, employment, and relationship status. Results: We found significant negative impacts of childhood ADHD on parents’/carers’ hours and quality of sleep, satisfaction with leisure time, and health-related quality of life (measured by the EuroQol-5D [EQ-5D]). We found a decrement in life satisfaction, mental well-being (as measured by the Short–Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale [S-WEMWBS]), and satisfaction with intimate relationships, but this was not always robust across the different control groups. We did not find any decrement in satisfaction with health, self-reported health status, or satisfaction with income. Conclusion: The study quantifies the impact on the health and well-being of parents living with a child with ADHD using a survey of families attending ADHD clinics in the United Kingdom.

scholarly journals The varying impacts of COVID-19 and its related measures in the UK: A year in review

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (9) ◽  
pp. e0257286
Author(s):  
Muzhi Zhou ◽  
Man-Yee Kan
Keyword(s):  
Time Use ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Subjective Well Being ◽  
Work Time ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Distress Level ◽  
Childcare Time ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Uk

We examine how the earnings, time use, and subjective wellbeing of different social groups changed at different stages/waves of the pandemic in the United Kingdom (UK). We analyze longitudinal data from the latest UK Household Longitudinal Survey (UKHLS) COVID study and the earlier waves of the UKHLS to investigate within-individual changes in labor income, paid work time, housework time, childcare time, and distress level during the three lockdown periods and the easing period between them (from April 2020 to late March 2021). We find that as the pandemic developed, COVID-19 and its related lockdown measures in the UK had unequal and varying impacts on people’s income, time use, and subjective well-being based on their gender, ethnicity, and educational level. In conclusion, the extent of the impacts of COVID-19 and COVID-induced measures as well as the speed at which these impacts developed, varied across social groups with different types of vulnerabilities.

scholarly journals COVID-19 and vision impairment: Constraints negotiation, participation, and well-being during lockdown in the United Kingdom

2021 ◽  
pp. 026461962110099
Author(s):  
Nigel Halpern ◽  
Jillian M Rickly ◽  
Marcus Hansen ◽  
John Fellenor
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Structural Equation ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Vision Impairment ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Constraints Negotiation ◽  
The Uk

In response to the Coronavirus disease, the United Kingdom (UK) government introduced lockdown measures requiring people to isolate and adhere to social distancing. This article uses Constraints Negotiation Theory to examine effects of the lockdown on people with vision impairment (PwVI). The research is based on an online survey of 639 PwVI in the UK. The analysis was conducted using partial least squares structural equation modelling in SmartPLS. The findings show that the lockdown had a negative effect on the participation and well-being of PwVI. However, they also show that the negative effects could be negotiated by adapting activities. This emphasises the need for a more inclusive response to current or future pandemics that recognises the vulnerabilities of PwVI and helps them to overcome the challenges associated with any measures that are introduced.

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