As a result of investigations by private research institutes and others about the impact of the simultaneous closure of schools last year due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection on children, the lower the annual income of the household, the more the study time and living time change, causing disparities. I found out.

The survey was conducted by a private research institute in March, and was conducted on the Internet for 4,000 parents and guardians who have children from public and private elementary schools to high schools.

As a result, the study time per day in May last year, which was closed all at once, was shorter for all households than before, but for households with an


annual income of 8 million yen or more, it was 66 minutes shorter, while


▼ 800. Households of less than 10,000 to 4 million yen were 84


minutes shorter, and households of less than 4 million yen were 90 minutes shorter.



Households with high annual incomes have more time to study outside of school than other households, and it seems that they have invested in education to compensate for the effects of school closures.



The percentage of children / students who took online lessons that allowed them to interact with teachers while the school was closed


was 13.4% for households with an annual income of 8 million yen or more, but


6.3% for less than 8


million yen and 4 million yen. The difference was 3.3% for less than 3.3%.



In addition, "screen time" for watching TV and mobile phones tended to be high in single-parent households even before the spread of the infection, but it increased by more than an hour during the school holidays to about 4 hours a day.



Yohei Kobayashi, a senior researcher at Mitsubishi UFJ Research & Consulting, said, "We had to rely on the voluntary efforts of our families due to the simultaneous closure of the school, and the original disparity widened due to the influence of Corona. Support is important. "