INPUT FOR WAPOR INITIATIVE ON COMMON CORE MODULE (CCM) OF QUESTIONS ON COVID-19

The Common Core Module of questions on COVID-19 can, as a proposal, comprise of the following 6 Questions, each of which can provide the data for an index suitable for CROSS-SECTIONAL and TREND DATA analysis.

Background: Based on first cut reading of 219 polls from 56 countries, the following six indices can be made a Core Module for all. Different survey organisations and countries can ask customized questions suited to their own circumstances, but include the Core Module for purposes of comparative analysis and global trends.

 

SIX INDICES OF OPINIONS ON COVID-19

Index # 01

Perceived Personal Threat

(Link: Proposed Question # 01)

Index # 02

Perceived Duration of Threat

(Link: Proposed Question # 02)

Index # 03

Perceived Capacity Threat

(Link: Proposed Question # 03)

Index # 04

Perceived Threat of Conspiracy

(Link: Proposed Question # 04)

Index # 05

Perceived Threat to Liberties

(Link: Proposed Question # 05)

Index # 06

Perceived Threat of Economic Dilemma

(Link: Proposed Question # 06)