An Investigation on Chinese Public Acceptance of COVID-19 Prevention Measures

Ao Zhang, Hao Yang, Shuning Tong and Jingqi Gao
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Ao Zhang: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Hao Yang: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China
Shuning Tong: Emergency Management Department of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Urumqi 830011, China
Jingqi Gao: School of Engineering and Technology, China University of Geosciences (Beijing), Beijing 100083, China

IJERPH, 2022, vol. 19, issue 9, 1-14

Abstract: China has basically succeeded in bringing the COVID-19 epidemic under control, thanks to a timely series of effective prevention and control measures taken by the Chinese government. In this study, a public acceptance questionnaire of epidemic prevention measures was designed to investigate the influencing factors of public acceptance. A total of 2062 samples were collected from 8 March 2020 to 9 April 2020, and Independent-Samples T-Test and One-way ANOVA were used to analyze the data collected in the questionnaire in SPSS version 22.0. The results show that age and educational level have a significant influence on public acceptance. With the development of the epidemic, the acceptability grew generally higher. The public acceptance of traffic measures is the highest. This study summarises China’s scientific experience in the fight against COVID-19 and the differences in public acceptance. It can provide a positive reference for the development of epidemic prevention in other countries.

Keywords: COVID-19; emergency prevention and control measures; acceptance; epidemic; public acceptance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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