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Poll: Illinoisans reveal how they’re coping, what they’re doing, what their concerns are

Friday, May 1, 2020 - Posted by Rich Miller

* From the Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States (Northeastern University, Harvard University, Rutgers University)

From April 17 to 26 we conducted a large, 50 state survey, the results of which are presented in this report. The first section of the report looks at the nation as a whole while the second section focuses on individual states and comparisons across states.

We surveyed 22,912 individuals across all 50 states plus the District of Columbia. The survey was conducted on 17-26 April 2020 by PureSpectrum via an online, nonprobability sample, with state-level representative quotas for race/ethnicity, age and gender. In addition to balancing on these dimensions, we reweighted our data using the same demographic characteristics.

A bit old, but there’s a lot of data to cover. We’ll start with the non-political stuff.

* These are only the Illinois results, which had somewhere around 590-600 responses, depending on the question

Have you or someone in your household experienced any of the following as a result of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

    Had to start working from home 40%

    Had their school or university closed 33%

    Had to stop or scale back work to take care of their children 6%

    Had to stop or scale back work to take care of someone who had COVID 19 2%

    Had to take a cut in pay due to reduced hours or demand for their work 18%

    Was laid off or lost a job 19%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Getting coronavirus yourself

    Not at all concerned 9%

    Not very concerned 19%

    Somewhat concerned 37%

    Very concerned 33%

    Not applicable to me 2%

The COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States197 How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Family members getting coronavirus

    Not at all concerned 6%

    Not very concerned 13%

    Somewhat concerned 32%

    Very concerned 47%

    Not applicable to me 2%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Being able to receive health care

    Not at all concerned 16%

    Not very concerned 23%

    Somewhat concerned 34%

    Very concerned 25%

    Not applicable to me 3%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Losing your job

    Not at all concerned 13%

    Not very concerned 13%

    Somewhat concerned 19%

    Very concerned 25%

    Not applicable to me 28%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Financial hardships

    Not at all concerned 11%

    Not very concerned 19%

    Somewhat concerned 28%

    Very concerned 35%

    Not applicable to me 7%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with education

    Not at all concerned 9%

    Not very concerned 10%

    Somewhat concerned 20%

    Very concerned 21%

    Not applicable to me 40%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with working from home

    Not at all concerned 16%

    Not very concerned 17%

    Somewhat concerned 16%

    Very concerned 15%

    Not applicable to me 37%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Problems with childcare

    Not at all concerned 12%

    Not very concerned 11%

    Somewhat concerned 10%

    Very concerned 15%

    Not applicable to me 52%

How concerned, if at all, do you currently feel about the following: - Staying connected with friends and family

    Not at all concerned 23%

    Not very concerned 27%

    Somewhat concerned 27%

    Very concerned 19%

    Not applicable to me 5%

How much, if at all, has your life been disrupted by the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak

    Not at all 4%

    A little 14%

    A moderate amount 29%

    A lot 25%

    A great deal 29%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

    Friends and family 47%

    Radio news 23%

    Podcasts 6%

    Local TV 53%

    Network TV 53%

    Cable TV 38%

    Late night comedy shows 11%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

    Print newspapers 15%

    A news website or app 30%

    A health website or app 14%

    A government website or app 19%

    An organization website or app 10%

    A search engine website or app 21%

    A social media website or app 36%

In the last 24 hours, did you get any news or information related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak from the following sources

    CNN 35%

    Fox News 37%

    MSNBC 18%

    President Trump’s press briefings 40%

How often do you talk to people about the current coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, either in person, over the phone, or electronically

    Never 4%

    Less than once a week 4%

    Once a week 7%

    A few times a week 25%

    Daily 38%

    A few times a day 22%

I feel well-informed about the current state of the COVID-19 outbreak

    Strongly disagree 1%

    Somewhat disagree 6%

    Neither agree nor disagree 12%

    Somewhat agree 45%

    Strongly agree 36%

I feel well-informed about steps I can take to protect myself from the virus

    Strongly disagree 0%

    Somewhat disagree 2%

    Neither agree nor disagree 10%

    Somewhat agree 34%

    Strongly agree 54%

I feel well-informed about government guidelines with regard to the outbreak

    Strongly disagree 4%

    Somewhat disagree 6%

    Neither agree nor disagree 12%

    Somewhat agree 39%

    Strongly agree 38%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Avoiding contact with other people

    Not at all closely 2%

    Not very closely 4%

    Somewhat closely 25%

    Very closely 70%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Avoiding public or crowded places

    Not at all closely 1%

    Not very closely 4%

    Somewhat closely 20%

    Very closely 76%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Frequently washing hands

    Not at all closely 0%

    Not very closely 4%

    Somewhat closely 14%

    Very closely 82%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Disinfecting often-touched surfaces

    Not at all closely 2%

    Not very closely 8%

    Somewhat closely 26%

    Very closely 64%

In the last week, how closely did you personally follow the health recommendations listed below: Wearing a face mask when outside of your home

    Not at all closely 12%

    Not very closely 11%

    Somewhat closely 20%

    Very closely 57%

We’ll get to the political/government questions in a bit.

       

10 Comments
  1. - City Zen - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 10:34 am:

    Interesting that nearly 30% of the responses to the “losing your job question” is “not applicable”


  2. - Excitable Boy - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 10:37 am:

    Who on earth are the 6% not at all worried about family members getting sick?


  3. - Oswego Willy - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 10:39 am:

    === Interesting that nearly 30% of the responses to the “losing your job question” is “not applicable”===

    (Sigh)

    For a person so consumed about pensions, you don’t think between homemakers and retirees… they can’t help that number be 30%

    Yikes, man.


  4. - Rich Miller - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:30 am:

    ===the 6% not at all worried about family members getting sick? ===

    What about the 4% who said their lives had not been disrupted at all? Are those for-real hermits?


  5. - Morty - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:39 am:

    Who on earth are the 6% not at all worried about family members getting sick?

    The people at Wirepoints?


  6. - Papa2008 - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:49 am:

    Are they the very wealthy who are quite insulated from the teeming masses?


  7. - Rachel - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 11:59 am:

    I think I can see 4% not being affected. In deeply rural areas where they are essentially ignoring social distancing. If you don’t eat out often or go to church, your other minimal interactions at the grocery store or bank are not much affected. I don’t think it’s the wealthy among uswho are unaffected. If you look at the wealthy celebrities on you tube, they all appear to be just as upset and stir crazy as the rest of us.


  8. - Proud Sucker - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:18 pm:

    ===Who on earth are the 6% not at all worried about family members getting sick?===

    Orphans? Possibly some smart appliances responded to the poll. We are fairly sure the fridge is out to get us.


  9. - RNUG - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 12:18 pm:

    As a retiree, I can’t say I have been that impacted. Major differences are not getting to see the grandkids every day as they walk to and home from school, and not being able to eat out with friends … that’s what retired folks do (banned punctuation).

    But I will say going to the ER is wholely different now. Had to pick up a friend that was being treated for injuries from a car wreck. They had so little traffic the pre-screener on the curb knew exactly who I was there to take home.


  10. - Wayne - Friday, May 1, 20 @ 3:39 pm:

    So, 450 people (on average) polled for each state, with re-weighting. Can anybody figure out how many were actually polled in each state? I can’t find it?


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