New research shows that women's well-being is being more adversely affected by the Covid-19 crisis than men's. This is according to the Central Statistics Office's latest Social Impact of Covid-19 survey.
Both men and women rated their overall life satisfaction lower in April of this year compared to 2013 when the country was experiencing the effects of the 2008 financial crisis.
But there was a greater increase in the percentage of female respondents reporting "low" satisfaction with overall life in April, the CSO said.
36.7% of women rated their overall life satisfaction as "low" in April of this year, an increase from 9% in 2018, while 22.1% of men rated their overall life satisfaction as "low", up from 8.4% in 2018.