A questionnaire survey by the university sports consortium KANSAI found that 93.5% of college students were worried about the infection with the new coronavirus and 57.9% were financially worried about the activities of university circles.The impact on real life, such as a decrease in part-time job income, has also come to light, and it has become clear again that we are entering the new year with great anxiety.

 The survey was led by Professor Junya Fujimoto of the Faculty of Physical Education, Osaka University of Health and Sport Sciences, and an online survey was conducted from university students nationwide from April 2020 to 4, 1, and 7 valid responses were collected.Answers were obtained evenly by gender and in each grade, but 1,406% of the respondents belong to universities in the Kinki region.

 According to the report, interest in the new corona is high, with 68.3% talking about related news on TV and the Internet, and 54.0% talking about the new corona with family and friends.

 35.1% of the students answered that they were "extremely anxious" about infection, and 93.5% of the students felt anxiety about their lives in general.There are a wide variety of places where you may feel anxious about infection, such as trains, train stations, hospitals, part-time jobs, university club activities, classrooms, and job hunting.

 As for the economic impact of the spread of corona infection, 58.8% of students have decreased part-time job income, of which 22.8% answered that they have "significantly decreased".Family income could decline by 55.6%.Furthermore, 57.9% answered that they were financially uncertain about the continuation of university club activities.

reference:[University Sports Consortium KANSAI] Completed version: Results of "Survey on the effects of the spread of new coronavirus infections on student life"

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