What Factors Affect People's Opinions Toward COVID-19 and Contact Tracing Apps in the United States: A Random Sample Survey

Haijing Hao, Garrett Smith, Yunan Chen, Mainack Mondal, Po-Shen Loh, Staci B. Smith and Xinru Page
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Haijing Hao: Bentley University, USA
Garrett Smith: Brigham Young University, USA
Yunan Chen: University of California, Irvine, USA
Mainack Mondal: Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India
Po-Shen Loh: Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Staci B. Smith: University of Mississippi, USA
Xinru Page: Brigham Young University, USA

International Journal of Healthcare Information Systems and Informatics (IJHISI), 2024, vol. 19, issue 1, 1-31

Abstract: In January 2022, at the peak of COVID-19 in the United States, we administered an online survey on Prolific Academic to 302 participants in the United States, a nationally demographic representative sample based on age, gender, and race. To explore differences in attitudes and opinions among demographic subgroups, we employed several statistical tests, including Mann Whitney U tests, Kruskal-Wallis tests, and chi-squared tests. Our survey results suggest that Americans' opinions towards the COVID-19 pandemic are severely divided by their political views. There is strong partisan polarization in almost every COVID-19 related question in our survey. Our findings suggest that policy makers need to consider partisan polarization and the enormous impact it can have on people's attitudes and behaviors during public health emergencies such as the COVID-19 pandemic. Public health experts need to consider how to convey scientific knowledge about a pandemic without allowing political views to dominate medical conversation.

Date: 2024
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