Essential Report

Changing behaviour due to Covid-19

Apr 14, 2020

Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?

	13/04	06/04	29/03	22/03
Increased personal hygiene measures (e.g. hand washing)	76%	78%	79%	72%
Limited attending social spaces, shops, restaurants or group events	76%	82%	75%	60%
Stopped physical greetings (e.g. shaking hands, kissing, hugging)	75%	78%	73%	60%
Bought additional groceries to stock-up	37%	38%	41%	33%
Reduced use of cash to pay for purchases	52%	50%	43%	23%
Changed working patterns (e.g. changed hours, or working from home)	32%	33%	33%	20%
None of these	5%	3%	5%	12%
Base (n)	1,068	1,069	1,086	1,034

Apr 7, 2020

Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?

	06/04	29/03	22/03
Increased personal hygiene measures (e.g. hand washing)	78%	79%	72%
Limited attending social spaces, shops, restaurants or group events	82%	75%	60%
Stopped physical greetings (e.g. shaking hands, kissing, hugging)	78%	73%	60%
Bought additional groceries to stock-up	38%	41%	33%
Reduced use of cash to pay for purchases	50%	43%	23%
Changed working patterns (e.g. changed hours, or working from home)	33%	33%	20%
None of these	3%	5%	12%
Base (n)	1,069	1,086	1,034

		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
Increased personal hygiene measures (e.g. hand washing)	78%	73%	83%	68%		78%	83%	80%	74%
Limited attending social spaces, shops, restaurants or group events	82%	77%	87%	70%		81%	89%	81%	83%
Stopped physical greetings (e.g. shaking hands, kissing, hugging)	78%	75%	82%	63%		77%	87%	79%	78%
Bought additional groceries to stock-up	38%	32%	44%	41%		41%	35%	40%	33%
Reduced use of cash to pay for purchases	50%	47%	54%	50%		52%	50%	51%	48%
Changed working patterns (e.g. changed hours, or working from home)	33%	32%	33%	46%		48%	17%	38%	23%
None of these	3%	4%	2%	2%		4%	3%	2%	5%
Base (n)	1,069	523	546	341		342	386	731	338

Mar 31, 2020

Q. Have you changed your behaviour in any of the following ways since the beginning of the Covid-19 outbreak?

	29/03	22/03
Increased personal hygiene measures (e.g. hand washing)	79%	72%
Limited attending social spaces, shops, restaurants or group events	75%	60%
Stopped physical greetings (e.g. shaking hands, kissing, hugging)	73%	60%
Bought additional groceries to stock-up	41%	33%
Reduced use of cash to pay for purchases	43%	23%
Changed working patterns (e.g. changed hours, or working from home)	33%	20%
None of these	5%	12%
Base (n)	1,086	1,034

Now 95% of participants claim that their behaviour has changed since the Covid-19 outbreak (up from 88% last week).
All the measures aimed at reducing the spread of the virus have increased observation compared to last week.

		Gender			Age Group			Location
	Total	Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Capital	Non-Capital
Increased personal hygiene measures (e.g. hand washing)	79%	74%	84%	72%		80%	85%	79%	80%
Limited attending social spaces, shops, restaurants or group events	75%	68%	83%	66%		77%	82%	75%	76%
Stopped physical greetings (e.g. shaking hands, kissing, hugging)	73%	69%	78%	60%		73%	85%	73%	74%
Bought additional groceries to stock-up	41%	39%	43%	43%		43%	38%	44%	36%
Reduced use of cash to pay for purchases	43%	40%	47%	44%		44%	42%	44%	42%
Changed working patterns (e.g. changed hours, or working from home)	33%	33%	32%	47%		36%	17%	37%	24%
None of these	5%	7%	3%	5%		4%	6%	5%	5%
Base (n)	1,086	539	547	341		362	383	727	359

Women and participants over 55 years olds are more likely to have changed their behaviour since the Covid-19 outbreak, than men and 18-34 year olds.

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