HSE Survey found over 30% of Russians who do not believe in the danger of an epidemic of coronavirus (23%) or consider it to be a fiction “interested persons” (9%). The greatest number of skeptics and opponents of restrictions in the southern Federal district.
a Third of respondents (32.8 per cent) believes that the danger of an epidemic of coronavirus exaggerated, or consider it a fiction of stakeholders, from research conducted by the Directorate for expert-analytical the work of the Higher school of Economics (HSE). RBC got acquainted with the research. That no epidemic and there is a fiction of stakeholders, are sure 23.2% of respondents, is still 9.6 per cent believe that the danger is exaggerated.
How the study was conducted
Internet survey was carried out using in-line sample (the respondents involved in the survey on numerous websites) in five stages from 18 March to 26 may. The survey polled more than 30 thousand people from all regions of Russia at the age from 20 to 60 years.
By the end of may, respondents who believe that the peak of the epidemic yet to come (25,6%), more than those who believe that peak passed and she will decline (16.3 per cent).
Of those who do not believe in the epidemic, 43% come to visit relatives and more than half (54%) goes out for a walk. Three quarters (74,22%) of the respondents of the skeptics believe that the introduction of mode isolation was not necessary.
Only 18% of the group of those who recognize the existence of the epidemic, visit their relatives and less than 12% meet with the friends. With the assertion that there was no need to introduce a regime of self-isolation, only 10% of those recognizing the epidemic.
With the spread of the coronavirus in Russia increased and the share of Russians who have among friends, relatives, or friends is sick. For the month, from 20 April until 26 may, the figure rose from 4.9 to 16.6%.
the Percentage of respondents who disagree with the isolation was needed, grew steadily: from 15.9% in early April to 32.4% by the end of may. The number of those who favor tightening restrictions have also decreased in the same period to 26 may was 18.4%. The majority of respondents (56%) supports the removal of restrictions, of which about 35.6% think they had to be removed earlier.
By the end of may the Russians during the isolation often went to work (46.2 per cent), visited a grocery store (81,2%) or pharmacy (56.5 percent). For a month from late April has increased threefold, the proportion of people who are out for a walk — from 12.3 to 38.7%. The number of those who found friends grew up similarly — from 6.7 to 21%.
On the question of how the spread of the coronavirus has affected revenues, a third of respondents in late may, said that revenues remained at the same level. In the beginning of the pandemic in Russia, the share of such people was Of 59.4%. High called the researchers and the share of Russians who noted a significant decrease in revenues during the spread of coronavirus to 31.8%. However, with this from the beginning of April reduced the number of people who noted that lost income — from 23.7 to 13.5 percent in may.
More than 60% of district respondents believe that the restrictions during an outbreak must be less than and that restrictions had to be removed early (42.7 per cent). Simultaneously, the region has the second highest number of respondents who either lost income or it has fallen dramatically — with 52.1%. Most of the respondents, who were faced with a significant reduction in income it lost — in North Caucasus Federal district (53,8%).
Comparisons show that people who during an epidemic of lost jobs, greatly reduced the feeling of danger of the spread of the virus, explains one of the study’s authors, Deputy head of the Directorate for expert-analytical work HSE Ruslan Artamonov.
“Among the population of the southern Federal district more people during isolation, lost income, and therefore a lot of people who would like to mitigate the isolation mode to quickly start earning,” — concluded the expert.
