A new study suggests that men and women worry about Covid-19 for different reasons.
examines why women are more worried about Covid-19 than men, despite health data showing that men are more likely to become seriously ill or die from the disease. For instance, a recent meta-analysis found that men have about a 40% greater mortality risk from Covid-19 and are approximately three times more likely to be admitted to hospital intensive care units.
“Despite the empirical fact that men are more likely to experience adverse health consequences from Covid-19, women report greater fear and more negative expectations about health-related consequences of Covid-19 than men,” say the authors of the research led by Sheryl Ball and Alec Smith of Virginia Tech. “In our survey, we found that nearly 20% of women chose the highest available value for fear of the pandemic, compared to around 9% of men.
To arrive at this conclusion, the researchers invited 1,500 representative U.S. adults to take part in an online survey that measured people’s emotions, behaviors, and expectations associated with the Covid-19 pandemic. The survey took place in April 2020.Women reported more Covid-19 health fear than men. Women were also more likely to engage in preventative measures such as washing one’s hands frequently, wearing a mask, and practicing social distancing than men.
The gender gap in preventative health behaviors went away when the authors factored out the effect of fear. This, according to the researchers, suggests that “fear of the Covid-19 pandemic, and not gender per se, drives behavioral differences.”These results square with other studies. For instance, a Reuters/Ipsos poll fielded around the time of this research found that 54% of women said they were “very concerned” about Covid-19. For men, this number was only 45%.
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