Changes in Students’ Life at Selected Universities in Central and Eastern Europe during the First Stage of the Pandemic

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Students’ life preferences in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, % (n = 380)_

Time/difference	Pleasures, wealth and lack of stress, %			Achieving important life goals despite difficulties, pain and sacrifice, %
	BSU and BSUIR	UD	UMCS	BSU and BSUIR	UD	UMCS
Before pandemic	55.6	53.5	40.3	44.4	46.5	59.7
During pandemic	51.1	40.4	43.4	48.9	59.6	56.6
Difference	−4.5	−13.1	+5.9	+4.6	+13.1	−3.1

General characteristics of respondents in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk, n = 380_

Variable	Value of variable	Total number	Share of respondents (%)
Gender	Females	280	73.7
	Males	100	26.3
Country of origin	Poland	182	47.9
	Ukraine	133	35.0
	Belarus	65	17.1
University	UMCS	221	58.2
	UD	114	30.0
	BSU and BSUIR	45	11.8

Respondents’ material situation in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk, % (n = 380)_

Direction of change	UMCS	UD	BSU and BSUIR	Domestic students	Foreign students
Considerable deterioration	11.4	23.9	8.9	14.5	15.9
Partial deterioration	30.0	37.6	33.3	31.5	40.9
No change	44.5	29.4	46.7	41.5	9.3
Partial improvement	13.2	7.3	11.1	11.2	11.4
Considerable improvement	0.9	1.8	0.0	1.2	0.0

Self-assessment of health by domestic and foreign students in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, % (n = 380)_

Students’ health status	Domestic students, n = 335			Foreign students, n = 45
	before pandemic	during pandemic	difference	before pandemic	during pandemic	difference
Bad and very bad	3.0	6.0	+3.0	2.2	6.6	+4.4
Average	22.7	32.5	+9.8	24.4	24.4	0.0
Good and very good	73.7	60.6	−13.7	73.3	68.9	−4.4