Authors:
Anne Lambert, Violaine Girard, Élie Guéraut, Guillaume Le Roux, Catherine Bonvalet
Abstract:
International audience; The lockdown that was implemented in France in March 2020 to deal with the covid-19 epidemic brutally reinforced the role of housing in the course of daily life. This article analyses the material and spatial conditions under which the lockdown took place and how the assignment to the domestic sphere was reconstituted according to gender, family structure and social class during this period. To do so, the authors use the Coconel-Housing and Living Conditions survey, which is representative of the French adult population, (...)
International audience; The lockdown that was implemented in France in March 2020 to deal with the covid-19 epidemic brutally reinforced the role of housing in the course of daily life. This article analyses the material and spatial conditions under which the lockdown took place and how the assignment to the domestic sphere was reconstituted according to gender, family structure and social class during this period. To do so, the authors use the Coconel-Housing and Living Conditions survey, which is representative of the French adult population, and a series of 21 sociological portraits carried out in different social settings. While living as a couple tends to protect individuals against some negative effects of the crisis, having children systematically increases the risk of experiencing financial and personal difficulties and expands the gender gap, whatever the social class. Mothers appeared to be trapped in the domestic sphere: inside the home, they are less likely than men to benefit from personal space and to have personal time for their leisure, work or activities. They also leave their dwelling less often during the day, regardless of the reason.; Le confinement décrété, en France, en mars 2020 pour faire face à l’épidémie de Covid-19 a brutalement renforcé le rôle du logement dans le déroulement de la vie quotidienne. Cet article analyse les conditions matérielles dans lesquelles s’est déroulé le confinement et la manière dont les logiques d’assignation domestique se sont recomposées pendant cette période en fonction du sexe, de la structure familiale et du milieu social. L’enquête Coconel (Coronavirus et confinement : enquête longitudinale) « Logement et conditions de vie », représentative de la population française, et une série de 21 portraits sociologiques collectés dans différents milieux sociaux montrent ainsi que, si le couple apparaît sur certains plans protecteur face à la crise, la présence d’enfants augmente systématiquement le risque de connaître des difficultés matérielles et subjectives et accentue les écarts de genre, et ce, quel que soit le milieu social. Les mères connaissent en confinement une situation d’enfermement domestique plus prononcée que les pères : à l’intérieur du domicile, elles bénéficient moins souvent d’espace personnel pour leurs loisirs, leur travail ou leurs activités propres. Elles sortent aussi moins souvent du domicile en journée, quel que soit le motif.
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