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Managing Physical Isolation
Q. How are you managing with the physical isolation rules imposed due to the Covid-19 outbreak?
Gender | Age Group | ||||||
Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | ||
I have no concerns about reduced physical contact with friends and family | 26% | 27% | 25% | 17% | 29% | 31% | |
I’m coping with seeing less of friends and family, but may start to miss them in the future | 26% | 26% | 25% | 31% | 25% | 21% | |
I’m missing seeing friends and family, but am able to continue with day-to-day-life | 37% | 35% | 38% | 34% | 33% | 42% | |
I’m feeling isolated or struggling to maintain my daily routines | 12% | 12% | 12% | 18% | 13% | 6% | |
Base (n) | 1,068 | 537 | 531 | 343 | 340 | 385 | |
- Over one-in-ten people are already struggling with the physical isolation restrictions (12%). They are most likely to be people aged 18-34 (18%) and people not in paid employment (18%)
- Those aged 55 and over are most likely to say they have no concerns about the physical isolation restrictions (31%).

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