Table 2 Scope and main variables of interest of the CAUCP survey.

From: ‘Citizens’ Attitudes Under Covid19’, a cross-country panel survey of public opinion in 11 advanced democracies

 

Electoral Behavior

W1

W2

W3

W4

Vote

Prospective Vote

Retrospective vote choice

Vote registration

Political Behavior and Attitudes

Partisanship

Partisan proximity

Ideological positioning

Evaluation

Perception of the country’s health situation

Perception of the country’s economic situation

Change in the country’s health situation in the last 4 weeks

  

Change in the country’s economic situation in the last 4 weeks

  

Government’s responsibility in health evolution

  

Government’s responsibility in economic evolution

  

Evaluation economic measures

Evaluation health measures

Likelihood patient not treated

 

Satisfaction

Life Satisfaction

Satisfaction with Head of Government

Satisfaction with government’s handling of crisis

Satisfaction with regional government’s handling of crisis

Satisfaction with democracy

 

Trust

Trust: Big companies

 

 

Trust: Journalists

 

 

Trust: Scientists

Trust: The government

Trust: The mayor of your town/city

Trust: The Prime minister

Group trust

Trust: People with a different nationality

Trust: People with different religious beliefs

Trust: People you know personally

Trust: People you’ve met for the first time

Trust: Your family

Trust: Your neighbors

Emotions

Feeling coronavirus situation: Anger

Feeling coronavirus situation: Fear

Feeling coronavirus situation: Hope

Public Spending

Public Expenditure: Border control

 

Public Expenditure: Business and Industry

 

Public Expenditure: Defense

 

Public Expenditure: Education

 

Public Expenditure: Health

 

Public Expenditure: Housing

 

Public Expenditure: Pension (Superannuation)

 

Public Expenditure: Police and Law Enforcement

 

Public Expenditure: Public Transport

 

Public Expenditure: The Environment

 

Public Expenditure: Unemployment Benefits

 

Public Expenditure: Welfare Benefits

 

Behavioral and attitudinal reaction to Covid19 policies

Compliance

Coughing or sneezing into your elbow or a tissue

Washing your hands more often and/or for a longer amount of time?

Avoid busy places

Reduced trips outside

Stopped greeting by shaking hands, hugging or kissing

Stopped seeing friends

Keep a distance of six feet between yourself and other people outside your home

Leave home less than once a day

 

 

Wear a mask outside your home

 

Last 2 weeks: percentage of the population respecting sanitary rules

  

 

Pandemic Policies

Aids for firms

  

Facilitated access to unemployment insurance for employees

  

Financial support for self-employed

  

Participation of the State in large firms’ capital

  

Rent deferrals for tenants

  

Short-term work schemes or furloughing

  

General lock-down

 

Closing daycares, schools and universities

Closing non-essential stores

Health check and mandatory quarantine for people entering the country

Curfew and using police or the army to control people’s movements

Mandatory quarantine for all contaminated patients in specific places outside their home

Mandatory wearing of mask outside home

 

Postponing elections

Prohibiting non-essential trips

Systematic testing for COVID-19

 

Closing borders for foreigners

Using mobile phone data to control people’s movements

Information

 

Likelihood the government is hiding information on coronavirus

 

Likelihood scientists are hiding information on coronavirus

 

Information about the coronavirus: Printed newspapers

   

 

Information about the coronavirus: Printed newspapers

   

 

Information about the coronavirus: Social media

   

 

Information about the coronavirus: Television

   

 

Information about the coronavirus: Websites or mobile applications other than social media

   

Social consequences

Health

Last few weeks symptoms

Last few weeks symptoms: family member

Last few weeks symptoms: friends or acquaintances

Last few weeks symptoms: household

Evolution situation last 4 weeks

Likelihood to be infected if you resume your usual way of life

  

Likelihood to be seriously ill if infected by COVID19

   

Likelihood to be infected given your current way of life and working conditions

Accept risk: in general

Accept risk: in health matters

Accept risk: in making political choices

Conditions: Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hepatitis B, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney diseases, and cancer.

Positive COVID19 since the start of 2020?

   

Health country consequences

Agree to be vaccinated

   

Income evolution between November and January 2020

 

Economy (egotropic)

Expected household pre-tax income to decrease in 2021 compared to 2020

   

Occupation as of January 1st, 2020

 

Occupation today

 

Likelihood to be unemployed by March 31, 2021

   

Last two weeks: Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless

Social isolation

Last two weeks: Little interest or pleasure in doing things

Last two weeks: heard from friends

 

 

Last two weeks: heard from relatives

 

 

Close friend to call help

 

 

Relatives to call for help

 

 

Last two weeks: Felt isolated from others

 

 

Last two weeks: Felt left out?

 

 

Last two weeks: Felt that you lack companionship?