Yuhan-Kimberly's "Our Rivers and Mountains Green and Greener" Survey... 69% of Newlyweds Experienced 'COVID Depression'

2020 Untact Newlywed Tree Planting Participants 5,301
Planting 8,000 Trees on Behalf of Newlyweds

About 7 out of 10 newlyweds have recently experienced feelings of depression due to the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). Photo by Yuhan-Kimberly

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] About 7 out of 10 newlywed couples have recently experienced feelings of depression due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19), according to a survey.

Yuhan-Kimberly announced on the 27th that a survey conducted on 5,301 applicants for the '2020 Untact Newlywed Tree Planting' showed these results. Among the newlywed respondents, 69.5% reported experiencing depression caused by COVID-19, so-called 'Corona Blue.' When asked about the most urgent social and environmental issues this year, 65.6% chose COVID-19, and 24.1% cited climate change.

As a way to relieve depression caused by Corona Blue, 56.3% of respondents said they take walks in their neighborhood or nearby parks, and 18.7% mentioned conversations with family members. The proportion of respondents who said that conversations between spouses have increased recently was 57.5%, significantly exceeding the 3.4% who said it decreased. Similarly, 56.3% reported that intimacy between spouses has increased, compared to 3.1% who said it decreased.

According to the survey, 97.8% of respondents reduced the frequency of attending personal appointments or events such as celebrations and condolences, and 87.1% said dining out and leisure activities decreased, confirming that most newlywed couples are practicing social distancing, one of the quarantine rules, in their daily lives. The percentage of respondents who said they reduced meetings with others and increased telecommuting and non-face-to-face activities also reached 63.9%.

The newlywed couple Hong Hyun-hee and Jay-sun, who participated as representative couples in the Yuhan-Kimberly Untact Newlywed Tree Planting event, are focused on planting trees. Photo by Yuhan-Kimberly

Meanwhile, this year's representative program of the Our Mountains Green Campaign, 'Newlywed Tree Planting,' was conducted in a non-face-to-face manner on the 17th to practice social distancing. The program recruited 8,000 applicants who were newlyweds married within three years or engaged to be married within one year, and completed planting 8,000 trees in the participants' names. The tree planting event, which began in 1985 and marked its 36th year this year, was held in a national forest in Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, donated to the state by Mr. Son Chang-geun, who nurtured it for over 50 years, since 2012.

This year's event was held in compliance with government quarantine rules, with officials from the Korea Forest Service, Life Forest, and Yuhan-Kimberly planting trees on behalf of the newlywed couples. In particular, Hong Hyunhee and Jayseon, representing the 8,000 newlywed couples participating in the tree planting, took part and planted trees on their behalf, Yuhan-Kimberly explained.

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