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Government response to Covid-19

Apr 7, 2020

Q. Overall, how would you rate the Government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

	06/04	29/03	22/03
Very poor	6%	11%	9%
Quite poor	15%	21%	20%
Neither good, nor poor	21%	24%	26%
Quite good	37%	34%	33%
Very good	21%	11%	12%
NET: Poor	21%	31%	29%
NET: Good	58%	45%	45%
Base (n)	1,069	1,086	1,034

		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
Very poor	6%	8%	5%	7%		8%	5%	7%	6%
Quite poor	15%	16%	13%	21%		15%	11%	15%	13%
Neither good, nor poor	21%	22%	20%	31%		22%	16%	23%	18%
Quite good	37%	36%	38%	34%		40%	37%	36%	39%
Very good	21%	18%	24%	7%		15%	31%	19%	24%
NET: Poor	21%	24%	18%	28%		23%	16%	22%	19%
NET: Good	58%	54%	62%	41%		55%	68%	55%	63%
Base (n)	1,069	523	546	341		342	386	731	338

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