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Coming together or coming apart? Changes in social cohesion during the Covid-19 pandemic in England

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Borkowska, Magda, Laurence, James·2021·European Societies
DOI 10.1080/14616696.2020.1833067
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This paper explores the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on people’s perceptions of cohesion in their local communities; particularly for vulnerable groups/communities, such as ethnic minorities or those living in highly deprived neighbourhoods. To this end, we examine both trends over time in overall levels of cohesion as well as patterns of positive and negative changes experienced by individuals using nationally representative data from Understanding Society Study. We test whether rates of positive-/negative-change in cohesion over the pandemic-period differed across socio-demographic groups and neighbourhood characteristics. These trends are then compared to patterns of positive-/negative-change over time experienced in earlier periods to test whether the pandemic was uniquely harmful. We show that the overall levels of social cohesion are lower in June 2020 compared to all of the examined pre-pandemic periods. The decline of perceived-cohesion is particularly high in the most deprived communities, among certain ethnic minority groups and among the lower-skilled. Our findings suggest that the pandemic put higher strain on social-resources among vulnerable groups and communities, who also experienced more negative changes in other areas of life.

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Authors
Borkowska, M., & Laurence, J.
Affiliations
  • University of Essex (GB)
  • University of Manchester (GB)
Corresponding author
Borkowska, Magda
ORCID
Venue
European Societies
Publisher
MIT Press
Published
2020-10-22
Volume
23
Issue
sup1
Pages
S618-S636
ISSN
  • 1461-6696 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8307
DOI
10.1080/14616696.2020.1833067
OpenAlex
W3093794251
Cited by
144
References
24
Citations by year
2026: 10 · 2025: 26 · 2024: 24 · 2023: 30 · 2022: 30 · 2021: 23 · 2020: 1
FWCI
28.09
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
Locations
  • European Societies (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • Open Access at Essex (University of Essex) (acceptedVersion)
Funders
Economic and Social Research Council (ES/N00812X/1,ES/S013121/1)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social Capital and Networks
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Social impacts of COVID-19
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
Keywords
social cohesion, COVID-19 pandemic, community cohesion, ethnic minorities, neighborhood disadvantage, vulnerable populations, social resources, sociodemographic disparities, Understanding Society, England

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