Alliance for Pandemic Preparedness

May 10, 2021

Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived Economic Risk Has a Stronger Association with Support for COVID-19 Preventive Measures than Perceived Health Risk

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  • Perceptions of risk of suffering from economic loss due to the pandemic were associated with COVID-19 mitigation behavior and support for strict containment measures, while perceptions of health risks had variable effects on behaviors and support, in a cross-sectional study with data collected in 24 countries (N = 25,435). Survey results suggest that globally, respondents tended to perceive greater personal economic risk than health risk, but that individuals did not perceive saving the economy and saving lives as competing endpoints. 

Nisa et al. (May 2021). Lives versus Livelihoods? Perceived Economic Risk Has a Stronger Association with Support for COVID-19 Preventive Measures than Perceived Health Risk. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4