Njengoba izifundazwe ziphakamisa izidingo zokufihla ubuso kanye nezinombolo zokutheleleka kwehle ngasekupheleni kwalobu busika, iningi labantu baseMelika libike ukuthi isimo sabo sengqondo besizinzile kusukela ngoJanuwari (64%) nokuthi ubhubhane alukayishintshi imikhuba yabo yansuku zonke (49%) noma seluyiguqulele le okungcono (26%). Kodwa-ke, cishe abathathu kwabayishumi (10%) balinganise impilo yabo yengqondo njengelungile noma impofu, futhi cishe ingxenye yesihlanu yabika ukuthi yayibhema (28%) noma iphuza (17%) ngaphezulu.
Abantu abenza imali engaphansi kuka-$50,000 (35%) babenethuba eliphindwe kathathu kunalabo abenza u-$100,000 noma ngaphezulu (11%) ukuze balinganisele impilo yabo yengqondo njengelungile noma impofu, kanye namathuba angu-7% ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abadala (28%).
Lokhu ngokohlelo lwakamuva lwe-American Psychiatric Association (APA)'s Healthy Minds Monthly, inhlolovo eyenziwe yi-Morning Consult, yafakwa ku-Feb. 18-19, 2022, phakathi kwesampula elimele izwe lonke labantu abadala abangu-2,500. Inhlolovo igxile emikhubeni ehlobene nobhubhane kanye nemizwa yabantu baseMelika.
Obaba (37%) banethuba eliphindwe kabili kunawomama (19%) futhi bonke abantu abadala (18%) ukusho ukuthi isimo sabo sengqondo sishintshile saba ngcono enyangeni edlule. Futhi kungenzeka ukuthi bathi ukuchitha isikhathi ekhaya kuguqule imikhuba yabo yansuku zonke ibe ngcono (45%) kunomama (29%) kanye nabo bonke abantu abadala (26%).
Umehluko uvele emaqenjini ezinhlanga/ezinhlanga futhi: Ingxenye yesihlanu yabantu abadala base-Hispanic (20%) ithi isimo sabo sengqondo sibe sibi kakhulu uma kuqhathaniswa nenyanga edlule, uma kuqhathaniswa no-15% wabo bonke abantu abadala. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, abantu abadala abangama-Hispanic (32%) kanye nabantu abadala abamnyama (36%) maningi amathuba okuthi kunabantu abadala bezinye izinhlanga (24%) bathi imikhuba yabo yansuku zonke ibe ngcono ngesikhathi sodlame.
Abantu abadala abathe bazizwa bengcono kule nyanga bathe ngenxa yokuzizwa kahle (45%) kanye nesimo sezulu (27%). Labo abazizwa bebabi kakhulu babalule ezezimali zabo (20%), ukwehla kwamandla emali (10%), ingcindezi yezezimali (10%), imali (10%) kanye ne-COVID-19 (20%).
"Yize abantu baseMelika abaningi kubonakala sengathi baphume kulo bhubhane bezizwa bekahle ngemikhuba yabo emisha, kunezinto ezikhathazayo lapha, njengalabo asebeqale ukusebenzisa izinto kakhulu kunangaphambili," kusho uMongameli we-APA uVivian Pender, MD "Futhi, ezezimali zabantu zingaba nomthelela empilweni yengqondo, okubalulekile ukugadwa ngenkathi umnotho wezwe uguquguquka.”
Abesilisa basemathubeni amaningi kunabesifazane ukuthi banyuse izinga lokuzivocavoca umzimba, ukugeza, ukuphuza utshwala, nokubhema noma ukusebenzisa izidakamizwa. Abantu abadala abangama-Hispanic (36%) kanye nabantu abadala abamnyama (33%) banethuba elikhulu kunabantu abadala bezinye izinhlanga (27%) ukuthi bathi inani elikhuluma ngempilo yabo yengqondo lenyukile.
Cishe ingxenye eyodwa kwezintathu yabantu abadala bathi ngokuvamile (35%) bayazibuza ukuthi ingabe imikhuba yabo ingase ihlobane nenkinga ebaluleke kakhulu yezempilo yengqondo (efana nokuphazamiseka kwengqondo okuphoqelekile, ukukhathazeka, noma ukuphazamiseka kokusebenzisa izidakamizwa). Lokho kukhathazeka kuphezulu kubantu abadala base-Hispanic (46%), kunalabo abamhlophe (34%), Black (40%), noma bolunye uhlanga (36%).
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Abantu abenza imali engaphansi kuka-$50,000 (35%) babenethuba eliphindwe kathathu kunalabo abenza u-$100,000 noma ngaphezulu (11%) ukuze balinganisele impilo yabo yengqondo njengelungile noma impofu, kanye namathuba angu-7% ngaphezu kwabo bonke abantu abadala (28%).
- On the other hand, Hispanic adults (32%) and Black adults (36%) are more likely than adults of other ethnicities (24%) to say their daily habits had improved during the pandemic.
- About a third of adults say they often (35%) wonder if their habits might be related to a more significant mental health issue (such as obsessive-compulsive disorder, anxiety, or substance use disorder).
