The Impact of Trust in Public Institutions on Compliance With Epidemiological Measures to Slow Down the Spread of COVID-19

Autor:	Estera Szakadatova, Rudolf Sivák, Anetta Caplanova
Rok vydání:	2020
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) Environmental health Epidemiology medicine Public institution Business Compliance (psychology)
DOI:	10.21203/rs.3.rs-115303/v1
Popis:	This paper investigates the causal relationship between the trust in institutions and compliance with measures introduced to slow down the spread of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 in Slovakia. We also analyse the impact of socio-economic characteristics on compliance with introduced measures. We use the data from a survey carried out by the Slovak Academy of Sciences on the representative sample of 1000 respondents. To derive the causal effect, we use a probit regression model. We find that trust in institutions helps to increase compliance with social distancing. We find that some socio-economic characteristics such as employment status, age or whether individuals feel to be in danger of COVID-19 have a positive and statistically significant effect on compliance with measures employed to slow the spread of the COVID-19 virus.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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