QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE ELDERLY POPULATION DURING THE VIRUS COVID 19 PANDEMIC WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO AGRICULTURISTS

Pavle Radanov; Ivana Lešević; Pavle Brzakovic; Dragan Pajić

doi:10.5937/ekoPolj2004155R

Authors

Pavle Radanov MEFUniversity Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance, Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4657-1995
Ivana Lešević Foreign Language Teacher, University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance, Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4820-7946
Pavle Brzakovic University Business Academy in Novi Sad, Faculty of Applied Management, Economics and Finance, Belgrade http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5184-9627
Dragan Pajić Novi Sad Fair http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1017-0495

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5937/ekoPolj2004155R

Keywords:

covid19, quality of life, elderly population, agricultural activities, movement ban

Abstract

In the Republic of Serbia, on March 15th, 2020 Government decided to declare a state of emergency due to the Covid-19 pandemic. One of the measures was a movement ban for people over 65 in urban areas and those over 70 in rural areas. This research should indicate how people over 65 in urban areas have endured this situation, especially in relation to the same population in rural areas, as well as implications of the movement ban on the quality of life of the elderly population. Special importance is given to the rural population engaged in agriculture. A tool of data collection in this research was anonymous survey. Respondents answers were statistically processed, which led to clear conclusions about the large negative consequences for the elderly population, including the agricultural activities in rural areas. Covid-19 is still present, which opens further questions related to the quality of life of the elderly population, if necessity for similar measures recurs in the future.

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