During a survey conducted in March 2020, 63 percent of French people indicated coughing, sneezing and spitting into disposable tissues in order to protect themselves from catching COVID-19. Furthermore, 90 percent avoided handshakes with people they know and almost 10 percent indicated wearing a protective face mask when leaving their home.
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Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Avoid kissing people they don't know
95%
Avoid handshakes with people they don't know
95%
Maintain a minimum distance to people who seem sick
91%
Avoid handshakes with people they know
90%
Avoid kissing people they know
86%
Wash their hands when they come home
86%
Wash their hands before eating
81%
Wash their hands after touching products coming from outside
74%
Manage to keep a safe 1m distance to everybody they approach outside their home
71%
Cough or sneeze into their elbow/tissue
69%
Cough sneeze or spit into disposable tissues
63%
Wash their hands after blowing their nose
56%
Manage to not touch their nose, eyes and mouth when outside of their home
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IFOP. (March 27, 2020). Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/
IFOP. "Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020." Chart. March 27, 2020. Statista. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/
IFOP. (2020). Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: November 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/
IFOP. "Preventive Measures Taken Systematically by French People in Order to Protect Themselves from The Covid-19 Coronavirus in 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 27 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/
IFOP, Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/ (last visited November 22, 2024)
Preventive measures taken systematically by French people in order to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus in 2020 [Graph], IFOP, March 27, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103039/coronavirus-preventive-measures-adopted-france/
