Russia: behavior changes during self-isolation April 2020

The survey results revealed that 50 percent of Russians completely stopped personally meeting up with friends during the self-isolation regime due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) spread in the country. At the same time, 18 percent stated they continued to meet up with their elderly relatives and acquaintances just like before the disease outbreak.

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Changes in social behavior over the past one to two weeks of self-isolation due to coronavirus (COVID-19) in Russia as of March and April 2020

Characteristic	Did not do that before and do no do that now	Completely stopped doing that	Started to that less often	Do that just like before	Started to do that more often
Shaking hands, hugs while meeting someone	19%	49%	20%	10%	1%
Personal meet-ups with friends	5%	50%	34%	10%	1%
Meet-ups with elderly relatives, acquaintances	9%	37%	32%	18%	1%
Going out for a walk	4%	39%	41%	14%	1%
Going out for shopping to a store/pharmacy	3%	11%	65%	19%	2%

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Release date

March 2019

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Region

Russia

Survey time period

March 30 and April 2, 2020

Number of respondents

1,600 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

The original question was worded by the source as follows: "Please tell, over the past one to two weeks, did you do or did you not do the following? And if you do, then have you started to do that less often, more often, as just like before?"

Figures do not sum up to 100 because not stated/other responses were not presented.

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