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Der Zusammenhang zwischen sozialen Ungleichheiten und Covid-19 Fallzahlen auf Stadtteilebene – Eine Fallstudie für 46 Stadtteile der Stadt Duisburg

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  • Straßburger Max-Leon

    (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 50 30167 Hannover Deutschland)

  • Mewes Lars

    (Institut für Wirtschafts- und Kulturgeographie Leibniz Universität Hannover Schneiderberg 50 30167 Hannover Deutschland)

Abstract

During the ongoing SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, research has shown that socio-economic inequalities play a crucial role to understand the spread of the virus. Precisely, people are more likely to get infected with COVID-19 and to die of the virus if they have a lower socio-economic status. As socio-economic inequalities have a strong spatial dimension, for example, due to rising inequalities within cities, this knowledge might help to explain and predict the geographic spread of the virus. However, empirical evidence at fine-grained geographic levels within cities is extremely scarce. We address this research gap and examine the relationship between SARS-CoV-2 cases per 100.000 inhabitants and the socio-economic status based on detailed data at the city-district level in Duisburg, Germany provided by the public health department of Duisburg as well as data by the KECK-Atlas. Our regression results strongly suggest a negative relationship between socio-economic status and morbidity rates for the second wave of the current pandemic in Duisburg. Our results improve our understanding of the geographic spread of the virus within cities and thus provides policy makers with detailed information on how to design geographically sensitive policies to fight the virus in future waves and to better secure the most vulnerable people in our society.

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  • Straßburger Max-Leon & Mewes Lars, 2022. "Der Zusammenhang zwischen sozialen Ungleichheiten und Covid-19 Fallzahlen auf Stadtteilebene – Eine Fallstudie für 46 Stadtteile der Stadt Duisburg," ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography, De Gruyter, vol. 66(2), pages 111-130, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:zfwige:v:66:y:2022:i:2:p:111-130:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/zfw-2021-0030
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