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The 11th (!) edition of my weekly Covid attitudes overview.
- Stable views of Covid: v.gradual decline in concern
- Amidst job insecurity, most employees positive about employer responses
- UK attitudes stand out a lot in a comparative context
http://www.britishfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CovidAttitudesWeek11.SunderKatwalaBritishFuture.pdf
- Stable views of Covid: v.gradual decline in concern
- Amidst job insecurity, most employees positive about employer responses
- UK attitudes stand out a lot in a comparative context
http://www.britishfuture.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/CovidAttitudesWeek11.SunderKatwalaBritishFuture.pdf
Very gradual decline in Covid concern across June
No great rush to the shops: a gradual increase in activity, in the ComResSavanta daily trackers
https://savanta.com/coronavirus-data-tracker/
https://savanta.com/coronavirus-data-tracker/
It may well have less emotional intensity, but public approval of the supermarkets is just as broad as it is of the NHS - both contrasting with the dip in approval of govt
The Kekst study also shows that - and also allows perceptions of different institutions in UK and elsewhere to be compared. (German confidence in institutions is highest; UK business did well in this pandemic with public broadly)
https://www.kekstcnc.com/insights/covid-19-opinion-tracker-edition-3/
https://www.kekstcnc.com/insights/covid-19-opinion-tracker-edition-3/
4/10 people are worried about job security, but 3/4 of employees are v.positive about their employer's decisions and communication so far: higher employee trust than in 2019, pre-pandemic. (Many interesting details in this Ipsos-Mori study of employees)
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2020-06/uk-employee-perspectives-of-covid19-pandemic-ipsos-mori.pdf
https://www.ipsos.com/sites/default/files/ct/news/documents/2020-06/uk-employee-perspectives-of-covid19-pandemic-ipsos-mori.pdf
1 in 4 employees were furloughed. They are (mildly) less positive - yet 7/10 are positive. (Indeed, those furloughed in 2020 have similar levels of employee confidence to the 2019 average score; the non-furloughed have gone up)
(But I wouldn't be surprised if there were some differences within that. Eg, if almost everybody in an organisation or sector was furloughed, less likely to be a decrease in trust or attachment. Otherwise, perceived fairness/legitimacy of process may well become more important)
There are gender differences on remote working: 22% of women & 16% of men say work-life balance got worse. Most people - across genders - are positive about remote working, with high expectations this will lead to a sustained shift in organisational culture. TBC if that happens
Lots on conspiracy theories from @policyatkings - we seem to talk most about the one with less reach (5G). More say government may be hiding (30%) or exaggerating (14%) number of deaths.
13% see a pro-vaccine plot afoot
7% don't see any real evidence that Covid exists (!)
13% see a pro-vaccine plot afoot
7% don't see any real evidence that Covid exists (!)
Different conspiracy theories have different profiles.
- several do considerably better among the young. The young are more cooped up & frustrated by lockdown than the old (and I wonder how that affects how to read how seriously to take agreement with some of these statements)
- several do considerably better among the young. The young are more cooped up & frustrated by lockdown than the old (and I wonder how that affects how to read how seriously to take agreement with some of these statements)
