Almost two-thirds of Village Media readers said their social lives hadn't recovered from the pandemic, more than three years after its peak in mid-2020.
Some 3,912 of you responded to an online poll this week.
Women were somewhat less likely than men to say their social lives had recovered:
Educational background seems to make little difference:
Age, however, has a strong influence:
There's a modest but noticeable connection to political views, with Liberal and PC voters' social live more likely to have bounced back than New Democrats' or Greens':
There are few apparent regional differences:
People who favour a stricter approach to masking were much less likely to say their social lives had returned to a pre-pandemic normal. We could interpret this a couple of ways: perhaps they have more vulnerable health situations, or just a more risk-averse approach to COVID more generally.
We use concern about heating costs as a proxy for economic insecurity more generally. There is a strong connection here, but it could be interpreted a number of different ways. There was a lot of job loss associated with the pandemic, and for many families that will have meant much less money to spend on thing s like eating out and travelling.
