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Partying Spring Breakers Don’t
Represent Most of America’s Young Adults
In
recent weeks, cable news has featured images of college students on crowded
beaches celebrating spring break, suggesting many of the nation’s young
people aren’t heeding public health advice about social distancing to limit
the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).
The
news stories accurately depict the actions of some young people on spring
break, but our latest national poll shows they are not representative, Ashley
Kirzinger writes in a Coronavirus Policy Watch blog post. Young people
currently report that they are engaging in social distancing practices in
roughly the same shares as other adults.
The
poll finds 95% of young adults (ages 18-24 years old) report engaging in
social distancing activities such as cancelling or changing travel plans
(72%), staying home instead of going to work, school or other regular
activities (78%), and canceling plans to attend large gatherings (76%).
Fewer
young adults, but still a majority (77%), report “sheltering-in-place,” or
not leaving their homes except for essential services such as food, medicine,
and health care.
The
post also examines how the crisis is affecting young people’s finances.
For more data, analysis, polling and journalism on
the COVID-19 pandemic, visit our special resource page on kff.org.
Filling
the need for trusted information on national health issues, the Kaiser Family Foundation is
a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, California.
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Monday, April 6, 2020
Partying Spring Breakers Don’t Represent Most of America’s Young Adults
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