Most Russians Back Government Measures to Fight Coronavirus: Pollster
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A three-quarter of Russian citizens support measures enacted by authorities to prevent coronavirus spread, a joint analytical report drafted by the Russian Public Opinion Research Center and Osoboye Mneniye non-profit research center shows.
"The absolute majority of the respondents (75%) back measures of local authorities to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Only 13% of the respondents said they do not support the measures taken, while 11% couldn’t answer the question.
The backing of the measures implemented is increasing with age, however, with the lowest levels of support registered among respondents aged between 25 and 34 as well as 35 and 44 (64% and 70% respectively)," the researchers underlined, TASS reported.
The key motives behind supporting the measures are fear for oneself and family (46%) and "administrative conformism" (22%). The rejection of measures can often be explained by the fear of worsening financial situation and a group of reasons that reject the existence of coronavirus, efficiency of the measures taken and vulnerability of own immune system to infection. Men are less enthusiastic about local authorities’ steps than women (68% against 81%).
The nationwide poll was conducted on April 14 via phone interview among 1,600 respondents aged over 18.
