Behavior of Tbilisi residents has drastically changed in terms of various activities during the pandemic in 2020. We were interested to find out how has the behavior changed compared to March 14-15 of 2020 as the regulations became stricter. 

According to the study conducted in December of 2020, the majority of inquired respondents changed their behavior in many directions, such as: 51% of respondents cut down and 12% of them completely stopped using cash; 36% of respondents stopped visiting parks and squares; as for physical activity (working out at home, in the street, sportsground), only 22% of inquired respondents quit this activity.

According to the study conducted in March of 2020, 40% of inquired respondents stopped visiting others while share of such respondents was 55% as of December 11-13 of 2020. Respectively, as of March, 36% of respondents do not invite guests at home any more, while number of such respondents is 56% in December.

As for attending birthday parties and funerals, respondents were even less active in this activity in December of 2020. 43% of respondents in March and 60% of respondents inquired in December reported on carrying out this activity less frequently or not at all.

*The inquiry was conducted through random sampling with 403 adult residents of Tbilisi on December 11-13 of 2020. Statistical error of data does not exceed 4.9%. Utilized method – telephone interviewing.