And those possibilities, such as more freedom to go to friends and family and to be outside in the evening, are what everyone is waiting for. Wessel: “More and more residents indicate in our research that they miss seeing friends and family in real life. We are talking about 82% in February compared to 71% in November. ” Also returns 66% of feeling somewhat or very lonely. That was 60% in the previous study.

Contamination in polling station

The residents of IJsselland were also asked whether they are afraid of becoming infected in the polling station during the elections. A vast majority, 73%, are confident that there will be enough measures taken to vote safely. Wessel: “Nevertheless, 24% are concerned about the risk of infection and 46% of the participants aged 70 and older say that they will vote in an alternative way if possible; by letter or authorized representative. “

1,906 inhabitants from the IJsselland region took part in this corona study. Of these, 70% are women and 30% men. 26% are between 25 and 39 years old, 29% between 40 and 54 years and 18% are over 70 years old, 77% live with a partner and 13% alone. 33% have children up to and including 12 years old. More than half of the participants (57%) are highly educated.