In an Ipsos survey carried out in February 2020, over three-quarters of Australian respondents believed a total quarantine would be correct given the risk of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Nearly seventy percent of respondents also thought that it was impossible to predict how the virus is spreading. Furthermore, 40 percent of the respondents believed the coronvirus outbreak would have a financial impact on themselves and their family.
Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement
Characteristic
Share of respondents
1. A total quarantine is correct given the risk
77%
2. A total quarantine is excessive
23%
3. It is impossible to forecast how the virus is spreading
67%
4. Correct preventative measures were not enforced by my country's authorities
33%
5. The coronavirus will have a financial impact on me and my family
40%
6. The coronavirus poses a very high or high threat to my country
35%
7. The coronavirus poses a very high or high threat to me personally
* The original questions were worded by the source as follows:
Statements 1-2: "If you heard your government had decided to totally quarantine certain towns or cities because of large numbers of coronavirus or COVID-19 cases meaning no one could go in or out, which would you think?"
Statements 3-4: "That the coronavirus or COVID-19 has found its way into my country means that..."
Statement 5: Share of respondents who strongly or somewhat agree with the statement.
Statements 6-7: "What level of threat do you think the coronavirus poses to each of the following?"
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Ipsos. (March 3, 2020). Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/
Ipsos. "Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement." Chart. March 3, 2020. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/
Ipsos. (2020). Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/
Ipsos. "Opinion on Personal Financial Impact, Threat Perception, and Preventive Policy Assessment during The Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by Statement." Statista, Statista Inc., 3 Mar 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/
Ipsos, Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Opinion on personal financial impact, threat perception, and preventive policy assessment during the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak in Australia in February 2020, by statement [Graph], Ipsos, March 3, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1103950/australia-coronavirus-impact/
