According to a April 2020 survey of adults in the United States, nearly a quarter of Hispanic respondents felt that if the government tracked people's location through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help a lot in limiting the spread of the virus. However, other respondents groups were less optimistic and 64 and 62 percent of White and black respondents respectively did not think it would make much of a difference.
U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity
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Pew Research Center. (April 16, 2020). U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 24, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity." Chart. April 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. (2020). U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 24, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center. "U.S Adults Who Say That If The Government Tracked People’s Locations through Their Cellphone during The Coronavirus Outbreak It Would Help in Limiting The Spread of The Virus as of April 2020, by Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Apr 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/
Pew Research Center, U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/ (last visited August 24, 2024)
U.S adults who say that if the government tracked people’s locations through their cellphone during the coronavirus outbreak it would help in limiting the spread of the virus as of April 2020, by ethnicity [Graph], Pew Research Center, April 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1113673/us-adults-government-tracking-limit-spread-coronavirus-ethnicity/
