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

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Fig. 1

Students’ source of income and employment in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, % (n = 380).Source: results of own survey.
Students’ source of income and employment in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, % (n = 380).Source: results of own survey.

Fig. 2

Self-assessment of the respondents’ state of health in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, percentage points (n = 380).Source: own elaboration based on survey results.
Self-assessment of the respondents’ state of health in Lublin, Kyiv and Minsk before and during the pandemic, percentage points (n = 380).Source: own elaboration based on survey results.

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
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