Living conditions during lockdown: gaps based on standard of living and socio-professional category

The public health lockdown associated with the COVID-19 epidemic lasted almost two months in France, from 17 March to 11 May 2020 and had a radical impact on living conditions. A third of people in employment suffered from activity restrictions that led to a reduction in income from employment, and 27% of these suffered a period of technical or partial unemployment. 34% of people in employment worked remotely while 35% continued going into their workplace. Furthermore, 35% of parents with a child under the age of 14 had difficulties in continuing their schooling.

20% of people say that their household’s financial situation deteriorated. The negative consequences of the lockdown were more frequent among people on low incomes, who also found this period to be of greater hardship, as well as among women. More so than men, women reduced their professional activity and gave their time to their children, while still accumulating over 4 hours of work and over 4 hours with their children on a daily basis.