Findings (Jun 2021)

COVID-19 related Attitudes and Risk Perceptions across Urban, Rural, and Suburban Areas in the United States

  • Rishabh Singh Chauhan,
  • Denise Capasso da Silva,
  • Deborah Salon,
  • Ali Shamshiripour,
  • Ehsan Rahimi,
  • Uttara Sutradhar,
  • Sara Khoeini,
  • Abolfazl (Kouros) Mohammadian,
  • Sybil Derrible,
  • Ram Pendyala

Abstract

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This study identifies differences in COVID-19 related attitudes and risk perceptions among urban, rural, and suburban populations in the US using data from an online, nationwide survey collected during April-October 2020. In general, rural respondents were found to be less concerned by the pandemic and a lower proportion of rural respondents support staying at home and shutting down businesses. While only about half of rural respondents are concerned about getting severe reactions themselves from COVID-19 (compared to ~60% for urban and suburban respondents), all place types respondents are concerned about friends or family members getting severe reactions (~75%).