| LATESTPUBLICATIONS Polish Public Opinion May/June 2020
 | Evaluation of government activities during the epidemic
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| Attitudes towards the coronavirus epidemic
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| The epidemic and professional careers
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| Religiosity of Poles in the last two decades
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| Impact of the epidemic on religiosity
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Reports | The Government and the Epidemic – Assessments in the Second Half of June
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| Trust in Politicians before the First Round of Presidential Election
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| Social Moods in the Second Half of June
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| Attitude to Government in the Second Half of June
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| Moods on the Job Market in the Second Half of June
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| Preferences before the Second Round of Presidential Election 2020
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| Use of the Internet
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| Political Party Preferences in the First Decade of July
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| Opinions about Parliament, President and National Electoral Commission (PKW)
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Fear of Infection in the Second Half of June
| The lengthening period of life in the shadow of the pandemic is not leading to a rise in anxiety about catching the coronavirus. Concern about becoming infected remains at a similar level to that in mid-March, when the wave of infections began. At present, over three fifths of those surveyed say they worry about catching the coronavirus (64%), and a fifth (20%) say they worry a lot. The level of anxiety was only fractionally lower on the cusp of May and June, or two and a half months ago (62% each).
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| Fear of infection is clearly more often a worry for women (71%) than men (56%), and over two fifths of the latter (43%) are not concerned about it at all. However, the biggest differences in anxiety levels concerning Covid-19 are those connected with age.
| The lowest level of anxiety is characteristic for respondents up to the age of 24, of whom 70% are not concerned about getting infected. In the 25-34 age group, although those who say they are afraid of catching Covid-19 amount to more than half (51%), the percentage of those who are not worried about it is not very much smaller (47%). With every added decade, the worry within that age group is greater, with the over-65s, who are more likely to be very seriously ill, having the most people afraid of infection (77%) and only 23% who are not concerned.
| Fear of the coronavirus is highest among those with the most basic (primary) education (72%). A little less concern was noted among those who had been to university (65%) or had completed vocational training (64%). Respondents with a secondary school education feel the least threatened: 59% are afraid of the disease, 40% are not worried.
| Inhabitants of smaller places, villages and towns with a population below 20,000, are the most concerned about catching the virus (65% each), followed by mid-sized towns of 20,000-99,999 (67%). Anxiety is lower among those living in cities of 100,000-499,999 (60%) and even more so among dwellers of conurbations of half a million inhabitants or more (57%).
| When it comes to differences based on employment or its lack, the greatest concern is among retired pensioners (78%) and those on long-term health and invalidity benefits (76%), followed by farmers (70%) and managers or specialists with higher education (67%). Least anxious are school and university students (64% are not worried about catching Covid-19), the unemployed (57%) and unskilled workers (50%).
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| This ‘Current Events and Problems’ survey (360) was conducted using a mixed-mode procedure on a representative sample of named adult residents of Poland, randomly selected from the National Identity Number (PESEL) register.
| Respondents independently selected one of the following methods:
– Computer Assisted Personal Interview (CAPI);
– Computer Assisted Telephone Interview (CATI), respondents receiving researchers’ telephone numbers in an introductory letter from CBOS;
– Computer Assisted Web Interview (CAWI), where respondents filled in the online questionnaire independently, gaining access by means of a login and password provided in an introductory letter from CBOS.
| In all three cases the questionnaire had the same structure and comprised the same questions. The survey was carried out between 15 and 25 June 2020 inclusive on a sample of 1378 people (65.3% using the CAPI method, 20.8% CATI and 13.9% CAWI).
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