Australia - concern about specific aspects of COVID-19 2020

In March 2020, 41 percent of respondents to a survey of Australians, on specific concerns relating to the novel Coronavirus, indicated that the overall economic impact of the virus was of extreme concern to them. Economic issues appeared to be the primary concern for the survey respondents, with nearly 40 percent being extremely concerned about entering into a recession. This was followed by concerns for the availability of health services.

Distribution of concerns about specific aspects of COVID-19 in Australia in 2020

Characteristic	Extreme	Quite	Slight	Not at all
The overall economic impact	41%	36%	19%	4%
Australia potentially entering a recession	37%	34%	24%	6%
Regular health services not being available	35%	32%	25%	8%
The impact on jobs and unemployment	35%	32%	24%	10%
Impacts on the sharemarket or your superannuation	33%	23%	22%	22%
Someone in your immediate family catching it	32%	26%	30%	13%
Infections and deaths across the community	31%	32%	28%	9%
Violent or inconsiderate behaviour in the community	30%	33%	27%	10%
Shortages of food, toilet paper and other essentials	30%	28%	26%	15%

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Release date

March 2020

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Region

Australia

Survey time period

March 11 to 15, 2020

Number of respondents

1,000+

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Survey participants responded to the question: "How concerned are you about the following current or potential effects of the coronavirus (COVID19), if at all?"

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