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Living alone in a metropolitan area during Covid 19. Results of a survey conducted in the city of Milan
Journal Title: WELFARE E ERGONOMIA 
Author/s: Graziella Civenti 
Year:  2021 Issue: 1 Language: Italian 
Pages:  17 Pg. 174-190 FullText PDF:  205 KB
DOI:  10.3280/WE2021-001015
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In recent decades the number of people living a significant part of his adult life alone has increased exponentially in all Western countries: in Italy the 30% of households consists of a single person and in metropolitan areas we arrive at 50%. Despite the importance of this phenomenon has taken on and the impact it has on communities, it is still relatively absent from the cultural debate as well as the programming of social policies. The text deals with taking a gender perspective and, starting from data collected through a survey conducted in the city of Milan on a sample of 988 people aged over 40 years living alone, describes how they have faced the lockdown and, more generally, the Covid-19 pandemic.
Keywords: people living alone; gender; Milan; lockdown; Covid-19

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Graziella Civenti, Living alone in a metropolitan area during Covid 19. Results of a survey conducted in the city of Milan in "WELFARE E ERGONOMIA" 1/2021, pp. 174-190, DOI:10.3280/WE2021-001015

   

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