Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
Society in the Covid-19 Pandemic: Inequalities, Chanllanges and Opportunities, Hakan Gülerce,Vahid Nimehchisalem,Veysel Bozkurt,Glenn Dawes,Shameem Rafik-Galea, Editör, Pegem A Yayıncılık, Ankara, ss.87-112, 2021
This study aims to examine the social effects of adaptation to masks and social
distance during the pandemic period. In April 2020, five months after the research
was carried out under the name of Corona Virus Effects, the second phase of the
research was conducted in September 2020. The data obtained in the second phase
were also used in this study. The study above-mentioned was centered on how
the mask and social distance rules find a response in society. Data was collected
through convenience sampling when the epidemic was at its second peak. A total
of 2515 people answered the survey in this research. Many measures have been
taken in the world and our country against the Covid-19 pandemic to prevent the
spread. Two of the most important of these measures were the use of masks and
social distance. According to the outcomes of the research, similar answers were
given to mask and social distance rules in the society. And it was seen that women
obey the mask and social distance rules more than men do. Besides, it is noted that
young people take more risks than the elderly. As the income per capita decreases,
compliance with the rules is also delayed. It was noted that retirees, housewives,
and public personnel obey the rules more than the people who have their businesses and those who work in the private sector with salary. Data has more shown
that those who do not follow the rules of masks and social distance tend to develop
conspiracy theories about the cause and consequences of the epidemic. Also, it
has been seen that those who think that they will overcome the disease lightly and
those who are unhappy also develop behaviors not to obey the rules of masks and
social distance. Moreover, it has been observed that compliance with mask and
distance rules is straight proportionate to trust in the state.
Keywords: Use of the mask in the pandemic, Obeying social distance in the
pandemic, Complying with rules.