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Lives versus livelihoods? Perceived economic risk has a stronger association with support for COVID-19 preventive measures than perceived health risk

This paper examines whether compliance with COVID‑19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N = 25,435). The main predictor...

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Main Authors: Nisa, Claudia F, Belanger, Jocelyn J, Faller, Daiane G, Buttrick, Nicholas R, Mierau, Jochen O, Austin, Maura M. K., Schumpe, Birga M., Sasin, Edyta M., Agostini, Maximilian, Gutzkow, Ben, Kreienkamp, Jannis, Abakoumkin, Georgios, Abdul Khaiyom, Jamilah Hanum, Ahmedi, Vjollca, Akkas, Handan, Almenara, Carlos A, Atta, Mohsin, Bagci, Sabahat Cigdem, Basel, Sima, Kida, Edona Berisha, Bernado, Allan B. I., Chobthamkit, Phatthanakit, Choi, Hoon-Seok, Cristea, Mioara, Csaba, Sara, Damnjanović, Kaja, Danyliuk, Ivan, Dash, Arobindu, Di Santo, Daniela, Douglas, Karen M, Enea, Violeta, Fitzsimons, Gavan J, Gheorghiu, Alexandra, Gómez, Ángel, Grzymala‑Moszczynska, Joanna, Hamaidia, Ali, Han, Qing, Helmy, Mai, Hudiyana, Joevarian, Jeronimus, Bertus F, Jiang, Ding-Yu, Jovanović, Veljko, Kamenov, Zeljka, Kende, Anna, Keng, Shian-Ling, Tra, Thi Thanh Kieu, Koc, Yasin, Kovyazina, Kamila, Kozytska, Inna, Krause, Joshua, Kruglanski, Arie W, Kurapov, Anton, Kutlaca, Maja, Lantos, Nóra Anna, Lemay Jr., Edward P
Format: Article
Language:English
English
Published: Springer Nature 2021
Subjects:
BF Psychology
BF309 Consciousness. Cognition
BF608 Will. Volition. Choice. Control
H Social Sciences (General)
HB Economic Theory
HB71 Economics as a science
HM1001 Social psychology
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/90090/13/90090_Lives%20versus%20livelihoods%20Perceived%20economic%20risk%20has%20a%20stronger%20association%20with%20support%20for%20COVID-19.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/90090/14/90090_Lives%20versus%20livelihoods%20Perceived%20economic%20risk%20has%20a%20stronger%20association%20with%20support%20for%20COVID-19_SCOPUS.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/90090/
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88314-4.pdf
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-88314-4
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Summary:This paper examines whether compliance with COVID‑19 mitigation measures is motivated by wanting to save lives or save the economy (or both), and which implications this carries to fight the pandemic. National representative samples were collected from 24 countries (N = 25,435). The main predictors were (1) perceived risk to contract coronavirus, (2) perceived risk to suffer economic losses due to coronavirus, and (3) their interaction effect. Individual and country‑level variables were added as covariates in multilevel regression models. We examined compliance with various preventive health behaviors and support for strict containment policies. Results show that perceived economic risk consistently predicted mitigation behavior and policy support—and its effects were positive. Perceived health risk had mixed effects. Only two significant interactions between health and economic risk were identified—both positive.

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