The Department of Community Development in Abu Dhabi works to measure the changes that will occur in life after the Corona pandemic, through 70 questions that seek the opinion of society in order to stimulate innovation, to ensure the security and prosperity of society, and contribute to improving living standards, to overcome the consequences of the crisis, and raise the quality of life.
The department works to measure the attitudes and expectations of community members for the shape of daily life after the end of the Corona pandemic, through a set of various questions, which is included in the post-Corona virus life questionnaire, which was launched by the department, and through which it aims to get to know the community’s views on the expected timing of the return of life to Her normal condition in Abu Dhabi after the end of the crisis (Covid-19), is it expected to be at the end of this year, or the middle of next year, or within a few years?
On attitudes and perceptions about the post-crisis phase, the department asked about the most important concerns that individuals have about the post-crisis phase (Covid-19), and are they health risks that threaten family members or the spread of the Corona virus again, or the depression or economic recession? Uncertainty about securing job opportunities, a potential fall in income, the ability to adapt to changing lifestyles, and difficulties related to maintaining social relationships.
The department polled the participants ’opinion on whether it is possible to live with the Corona virus, the extent of the individual's readiness for the post-crisis phase, the extent of their expectations for an increase in the number of services and businesses to be available online, the extent of their expectations for high unemployment rates, and the ability to secure a job opportunity in the post-end phase The crisis, the possibility of a decrease in monthly income, and whether remote work will become common in the post-Corona crisis.
Education was a prominent part of the department's survey, as it sought to measure the opinion of society on whether distance education is a burden for parents of young children, and their agreement that distance education is a short-term solution only for many school children, and the need to improve tools Distance education used by Abu Dhabi schools.
And the department asked if schools in Abu Dhabi were reopened in September, will parents send their children to school, or will they prefer to continue distance education, and what conditions will make them sure of their desire to send their children, and the measures and provisions that will make them feel more comfortable with sending Their children to school.