{"id":50211,"date":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/press\/survey-findings-on-views-about-covid-19-released-by-hong-kong-institute-of-asia-pacific-studies-at-cuhk\/"},"modified":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-03-31T00:00:00","slug":"survey-findings-on-views-about-covid-19-released-by-hong-kong-institute-of-asia-pacific-studies-at-cuhk","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/survey-findings-on-views-about-covid-19-released-by-hong-kong-institute-of-asia-pacific-studies-at-cuhk\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey Findings on Views about COVID-19 Released by Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-50211","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20200331","keep":false,"details":"

As the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread around the world recently, the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) conducted a telephone survey from 19 to 23 March 2020[1]<\/a> asking the public their views on related matters. The survey results found that nearly 80% of the citizen were worried to varying degrees that they would be infected with the disease. Regarding the policies against the epidemic, 95.1% of the respondents supported or strongly supported that all people entering Hong Kong needed to undergo the 14-day compulsory quarantine and medical surveillance measures.<\/p>

The survey results showed that 78.8% of the respondents were worried to varying degrees that they would be infected with COVID-19, of which 45.2% were somewhat worried, 20.1% were quite worried, and 13.5% were very worried. Only 20.5% of the respondents were not worried at all. According to 67.0% of the respondents, the current (March) outbreak had worsened in comparison to that of the previous month (February), with only 8.1% feeling that the outbreak had eased and 23.0% believing that it was about the same.<\/p>

The survey also found that 95.1% of the respondents supported or strongly supported that all people entering Hong Kong had to undergo the 14-day compulsory quarantine and medical surveillance measures; 96.0% of the respondents agreed or strongly agreed to increase the penalties for those who dishonestly filed health declaration forms or violated compulsory quarantine measures.<\/p>

Besides, 71.5% of the respondents thought that the government’s measures in response to the epidemic were insufficient or very insufficient, and only 23.6% said that it was sufficient or very sufficient. Regarding the government’s performance in monitoring the epidemic, 60.5% of the respondents thought it was quite bad or very bad, and 25.5% thought it was quite good or very good.<\/p>

Concerning those measures taken by individuals to prevent infection, 95.4% of the respondents said that they often wore masks when going out, 85.9% often washed their hands with liquid soap or hand sanitisers, and 61.2% often cleaned their homes with disinfectants. Compared with the situation of last month (February), 53.5% of the respondents said that they dined out less, 38.0% said they dined out almost the same, and only 8.1% said they dined out more. With regard to gathering with relatives and friends, 61.6% of the respondents said that they had fewer gatherings compared to February, 35.3% responded that it was about the same, and only 2.7% said they had more gatherings. Similarly, regarding shopping, 59.7% of the respondents said they went out less for shopping, 34.9% said there was no difference from last month, and only 4.8% answered that they did more shopping. With respect to the frequency of hiking, 52.3% of the respondents stated that it was about the same, 33.4% said they went out less for hiking, and 13.5% answered that they hiked more often.<\/p>

When the respondents were asked whether they were less alert, more alert or about the same to epidemic prevention in comparison with the previous month (February), 78.8% said they were about the same, 15.4% thought they were more alert, and only 5.6% felt that they were less alert. However, when they were asked about the general public’s attitudes towards epidemic prevention in Hong Kong, 44.6% of the respondents thought that people were less alert compared with last month (February), 39.4% said they were about the same, and only 13.9% thought that they were more alert.<\/p>

Lastly, the survey also found that 63.5% of the respondents said that the number of masks stored in their home was sufficient or very sufficient, and 32.6% considered the amount was insufficient or very insufficient. 79.6% of the respondents said that the amount of disinfection and cleaning supplies stored in their home to be sufficient or very sufficient. 18.9% considered the amount stored to be either insufficient or very insufficient.<\/p>

In this survey, a total of 518 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with a response rate of 39.8%. The sampling error is estimated at plus or minus 4.30 percentage points at the 95% confidence level.<\/p>

[1]<\/a> The survey was carried out before the government’s announcement of new measures on 27 March that prohibits group gatherings of more than 4 people in public places. Therefore, it cannot reflect the impacts of these measures.<\/p>

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