Entangled Transitions
How Covid-19 Widened Well-Being Gaps Among Youth in Singapore (2017–2022)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12642992 |
|---|---|
| Authors | V Chua (0000-0001-8330-7427, National University of Singapore, corresponding author), Han Ei Chew (0009-0000-8140-4282, National University of Singapore), Han Guan Chew (National University of Singapore), Irene Tan (0009-0002-1583-2267, National University of Singapore), Isabelle Tan (National University of Singapore), Pamela Lee (0000-0001-9058-529X, National University of Singapore) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 62 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 137-157 |
| Publication date | 2025-10-07 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1440-7833 • E-ISSN: 1741-2978 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14407833251382691 |
| OpenAlex | W4414909952 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
COVID-19 was not merely a biomedical crisis but a deeply social phenomenon entangled with existing inequalities. Drawing on Peter Kelly's notion of entanglement , we conceptualise the pandemic as an intersectional crisis − where time, structural disadvantage and socio-emotional well-being became interwoven. Using six waves of longitudinal data (2017–2022) from Youth STEPS , a panel study of young people in Singapore, we track within-person changes in life satisfaction across key youth transitions before, during and after the pandemic. Our findings show that the negative effects of unemployment and insecure work on well-being were markedly more severe during the pandemic than in earlier years. Rather than merely revealing inequality, COVID-19 intensified it, with youth facing lower education levels and precarious employment most adversely affected. The pandemic thus acted as a catalyst of unequal disruption − reshaping youth life courses and exacerbating well-being disparities through its entanglement with enduring social and economic structures
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Disadvantage · Life course approach · Opportunity structures · Pandemic · Phenomenon · Precarity · Unemployment · Youth unemployment · Employment and Welfare Studies · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
Emerging Adulthood
Covid-19 and the workplace
The impact of Covid-19 on student experiences and expectations
The long-term labor market consequences of graduating from college in a bad economy
Covid‐19 and Inequalities
Inequality in the impact of the coronavirus shock
The Short- and Long-Term Career Effects of Graduating in a Recession
Coming of Age in the Other America
What World Is This
“Sticky, Yet Precarious”—An Ethnographic Insight of F&B Workers in Singapore
Access to occupations through social ties
Young people’s health and well-being during the school-to-work transition
The Dangerous Myth of Emerging Adulthood
Students’ narratives of the future
The relational work of constructing the future
Covid-19 and young people’s ‘Future Presents’
The Covid-19 pandemic and youth in recent, historical perspective
Youth, Precarious Work and the Pandemic
Social Status Attainment During the Transition to Adulthood
Emerging adulthood
Addressing Recognition Gaps
The Definition and Control of Disease-An Introduction
Understanding the Impact of Poverty on Critical Events in Emerging Adulthood
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |