Changes in Students’ Life at Selected Universities in Central and Eastern Europe during the First Stage of the Pandemic

Kawczyńska-Butrym Zofia, Pantyley Victoriya (), Butrym Marek, Kisla Ganna and Fakeyeva Liudmila
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Kawczyńska-Butrym Zofia: Institute of Sociology, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Pantyley Victoriya: Institute of Socio-Economic Geography and Spatial Management, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Butrym Marek: Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences, Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland
Kisla Ganna: Faculty of Socio-Economic Education, National Pedagogical Dragomanov University, Kyiv, Ukraine
Fakeyeva Liudmila: Business School, University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Quaestiones Geographicae, 2022, vol. 41, issue 2, 125-137

Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic affected not only global economy and society, but also particular institutions, including those of higher education. The aim of the paper is to determine changes in students’ life at selected universities in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus. An online survey was applied, addressed to students of four universities in Poland, Ukraine, and Belarus (n=380). As a result of the pandemic, more than 46% of students declared worsening of their material situation. In comparison to the period before the pandemic, the respondents observed appearance or intensification of various psychosomatic symptoms, and a 12 percent point decrease in the assessment of their own health. The comparative analysis showed similarities between students’ life preferences, plans on university education, and differences in their material situation, health, and employment.

Keywords: student; COVID-19; employment; health; material situation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.2478/quageo-2022-0017

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