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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Condition and Mortality in Polish Regions

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  • Krystyna Brzozowska

    (Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Małgorzata Gorzałczyńska-Koczkodaj

    (Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Elżbieta Ociepa-Kicińska

    (Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

  • Przemysław Pluskota

    (Institute of Spatial Management and Socio-Economic Geography, Faculty of Economics, Finance and Management, University of Szczecin, Mickiewicza 64, 71-101 Szczecin, Poland)

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the financial condition and mortality in Polish voivodeships. To achieve this objective, the relationship between the number of deaths before and during the pandemic and the financial condition of the provinces in Poland was studied. The study covered the years 2017–2020, for which a one-way ANOVA was used to verify whether there was a relationship between the level of a province’s financial condition and the number of deaths. The results of the study are surprising and show that before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a higher number of deaths in provinces that were better off financially, but the relationship was not statistically significant. In contrast, during the pandemic, a statistically significant strong negative correlation between these values was proven, which, in practice, shows that regions with better financial conditions had a higher number of deaths during COVID-19.

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  • Krystyna Brzozowska & Małgorzata Gorzałczyńska-Koczkodaj & Elżbieta Ociepa-Kicińska & Przemysław Pluskota, 2023. "The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Financial Condition and Mortality in Polish Regions," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(11), pages 1-18, June.
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