Survey Questionnaire Respondents’ Attitudesa Toward COVID-19 Among Internally Displaced Persons, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
| Overall (N=307) No. (%) | IDPs (N=164) No. (%) | Comparison (N=143) No. (%) | P Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affective response | ||||
| COVID-19 is a serious illness. | 301 (98.0) | 163 (99.4) | 138 (96.5) | .03 |
| I am afraid of COVID-19. | 300 (97.8) | 161 (98.2) | 139 (97.2) | .08 |
| Reaction to control measures | ||||
| Physical distancing is important to prevent COVID-19. | 278 (90.6) | 146 (89.0) | 132 (92.3) | .42 |
| People should be willing to give up their daily duties to stop the spread of COVID-19. | 243 (79.2) | 120 (73.2) | 123 (86.0) | .14 |
| Disinformation | ||||
| It is hard to distinguish which information I hear about COVID-19 is true, false, or just a rumour. | 244 (79.5) | 126 (76.8) | 118 (82.5) | .61 |
| Institutional trust | ||||
| I trust the government. | 207 (67.4) | 117 (71.3) | 90 (62.9) | .09 |
| There is a lot of corruption in the government. | 123 (40.1) | 70 (42.7) | 53 (37.1) | .53 |
| Rumors | ||||
| COVID-19 was created in a Chinese laboratory. | 58 (18.9) | 31 (18.9) | 27 (18.9) | .88 |
| COVID-19 is a conspiracy created to vaccinate everybody. | 37 (12.1) | 13 (7.9) | 24 (16.8) | .03 |
Abbreviations: COVID-19, coronavirus disease; IDP, internally displaced person.
↵a Participants were asked to rank agreement with the statements on a 5-point Likert scale, with possible answers “strongly agree,” “agree,” “neutral,” “disagree,” “strongly disagree,” or “I don't know.” Numbers are n (%) of participants who agreed or strongly agreed with the statements.