Confinement: Financial Worries, Source of Tension for 22% of Moroccans (HCP)

27 July 2020 Printable Version

Casablanca - Financial worries are the source of tension and marital dispute for more than one Moroccan in five (22%) during the confinement imposed by the health crisis related to the pandemic of the novel coronavirus (covid-19), said the High Commission for Planning (HCP).

The highest shares are recorded among young people under 24 years of age (28%), the unemployed (26%), couples with children (26%) and people living in rural areas (25.4%), pointed out the HCP in a note on social relations in the context of the covid-19 pandemic - 2nd panel on the impact of the coronavirus on the economic, social and psychological situation of households.

The same source added that more than 8.4% of Moroccans (10% of city dwellers and 7% of rural population, 10% of women and 7% of men) report having had marital disputes about the sharing of household chores within the couple.

The management of leisure activities (watching TV, family activities, etc.) are also subjects of dispute for 6.8% of Moroccans (7.3% in urban areas versus 5.7% in rural areas and 8.7% among women versus 4.8% among men).