<Anchor> This is a
friendly economic time. Today (30th), I will be with reporter Han Ji-yeon. A reporter, how are you? There are only two days left this year, today and tomorrow. But to be honest, this Corona might have ended around this time this year, I was expecting it at the beginning of the year like this, but it doesn't seem to be the case. right?
<Reporter>
Yes, the corona virus seemed to be over, but it's not over as a mutant virus comes out again.
Even in the early days of Corona, I couldn't have imagined that it would last this long, and our lives have changed a lot as we dragged on for two years.
It has an effect on the economy as well as the changed society, so it would be good to hear it all the time.
The first keyword is relationship.
An analysis was conducted at the Samsung Life Life Finance Research Institute, and it was found that the number of face-to-face meetings decreased due to the corona virus, and the relationship with others except family members was greatly separated.
This includes relatives who are different people, and the number of people getting distant was 18 times higher than that of people getting closer at 37%.
The number of respondents who said they distanced themselves from neighbors or close friends also came out with a similar number.
Well, that's not to say that the family became very close, a very small difference of 0.3% more.
Still, the only thing that brings us closer is our family.
<Anchor>
Apparently, the more time we spend together, the closer we seem to respond, the more time we spend together, the more conflict may arise.
<Reporter>
Worldwide, the divorce rate has risen.
However, there is a coined word called “covid divos,” which is a combination of “corona” meaning “corona” and “divos of divorce”.
But peculiarly in Korea, the divorce rate has decreased.
The number of divorces last year decreased by nearly 4% compared to the previous year, before the corona virus, and this year, the number of divorces in October decreased by nearly 18% compared to the same period of the previous year.
Because Koreans drink a lot.
One of the characteristics of Koreans seen by foreigners is that they drink like goldfish drinking water.
If you go in at dawn, the couple will have a fight, but because of the distance, this factor has completely disappeared.
Also, this is a bit of a funny story, but in the analysis earlier, you said that the relationship between relatives was distant.
And because of this corona, the number of marriages itself has decreased is also a factor, and they are hesitant because they have nothing to divide their property even if they want to get a divorce as the pressure is on the decline.
<Anchor>
Leisure activities have also changed a lot, in two years?
<Reporter>
Yes. First of all, how did the anchor do your leisure activities during the corona period?
<Anchor>
I tend to avoid places a lot of people go, so I think I was mostly at home. When I was at home, I sometimes played board games with my kids, read books, or watched a lot of videos.
<Reporter>
That's right, that's what it's like to enjoy a lot of leisure activities at home now.
<Anchor>
Yes, I tried a lot, but it didn't work out.
<Reporter>
Actually, if you care about the corona virus, you can't do anything outside, so I'm sure you can all feel that my outside activities have decreased so much that I don't even have to say the numbers.
Not to mention overseas travel, even domestic tourism has decreased by half, and watching performances and games has also decreased by about a third.
Well, I stayed at home a lot, but even if the time at home increased like this, the number of people reading books decreased. Like the anchor you saw earlier, the percentage of the reading population decreased by half.
<Anchor> The
possibility that the corona will continue next year is very high right now, honestly.One of the trends that will change next year due to the corona virus is the end of YOLO? They say something like this, what does this mean?
<Reporter>
First of all, if you look at the past two years, more and more people value family life outside of work than work, so the work-life balance has increased.
The rate of prioritizing work has decreased by 8% compared to before the corona virus, while the rate of prioritizing family life has increased by 4%.
However, in the trend forecast for next year, it is a little opposite to this, that YOLO, which was at its peak, will end.
Of course, this YOLO is not the same as work-life balance.
Work-life balance is about balancing and YOLO is a life that you only live once, enjoy it now, something more extreme.
Because of the corona virus, it is a situation that you cannot enjoy anyway, and the feeling of satisfaction is delayed a little, and since you spend more time alone, you increase the sense of self-control.
So the apps that manage your daily routine and routine are doing very well these days, too, because I use things that record my daily exercise amount and diet.
It is a kind of self-development, self-management, and this trend is expected to increase further next year.