Impacto de la pandemia COVID-19 en el bienestar social de la población ecuatoriana

Abstract

Abstract: Studies related to COVID-19 are a current need that must be understood from different areas, one of them is social well-being. Therefore, the general purpose of this study was to measure the impact of COVID-19 on the social well-being of the Ecuadorian population. Applying a structured survey to 1.068 people, between 15 and 65 years old, an index was constructed within seven dimensions (physical and mental health, social relations, gender equality, governance, environment and sustainable lifestyles, occupational characteristics and income and wealth) that measures changes in the social well-being of Ecuadorian populationbefore and during the pandemic. Before the pandemic the index was 0.57andduring the pandemic it decreased to 0.51. The dimension that revealed the greatest decrease was physical and mental health(-0.18); while the environment and sustainable lifestyles dimension was the only one that presented an improvement (+0.01). At the provincial level, Azuay and Carchi experienced the greatest loss of well-being; while Pastaza, Napo and Orellana were the ones with the lowestwell-being losses.