Public attitudes to coronavirus: April summary

Views on Coronavirus

Threat perception

Respondents were asked to what extent they perceive Coronavirus as a threat to a range of dimensions of life. As shown in Figure 1, over the past few weeks, the 'threat to country' was consistently perceived to be higher than the 'threat to your job', and 'threat to you personally'. However the threat 'to the world' was more likely to be considered a threat than any of these other aspects. Levels of perceived threat to each of these dimensions of life have remained remarkably consistent throughout the time period.

Source: Ipsos MORI, Scotland data. Base (n=652-668)