According to a survey from 2021, 76 percent of the respondents in Singapore were accepting of the school closures in order to prevent COVID-19 transmissions. In comparison, 38 percent of the respondents in South Korea accepted the school closures due to COVID-19.
Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country
approximately 1,000 respondents from Australia, China, and Japan, and 500 respondents from Singapore, Malaysia, India, and South Korea
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
Original question: "To what extent, if at all, do you think that school closures are/were an acceptable or unacceptable price to pay for reducing the spread of the COVID-19 virus in your country?"
The respondents in Malaysia were aged 18 to 74 and in Singapore aged 18 to 65.
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Ipsos. (July 15, 2021). Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/
Ipsos. "Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country." Chart. July 15, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/
Ipsos. (2021). Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/
Ipsos. "Acceptability of School Closures to Prevent Covid-19 Transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by Country." Statista, Statista Inc., 15 Jul 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/
Ipsos, Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/ (last visited December 30, 2024)
Acceptability of school closures to prevent COVID-19 transmission in Asia Pacific in 2021, by country [Graph], Ipsos, July 15, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1251886/apac-opinion-on-school-closures-due-to-covid-19-by-country/