About half of Australians polled don't expect to go back to work within the next two months.Credit:Transport for NSW
Overall concern about the global pandemic has dropped to the lowest point since the study was first conducted 10 weeks ago,with about three quarters (73 per cent) of Australians saying they are concerned about coronavirus.
Newgate Research's weekly tracking study of more than 1000 Australians,taken between Monday and Wednesday,found opinion around the appropriateness of Australia’s reaction to coronavirus remains high and mostly stable,with 79 per cent believing Australia continues to respond at an appropriate level.
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Women are more likely to say the spread of coronavirus will get worse in a month (47 per cent) compared to men (34 per cent) and were more conservative when it comes to restrictions.
In a revealing gender divide in attitudes towards the pandemic,women are also less likely to say Australians are over-reacting to the issue (5 per cent compared to 10 per cent of males) and are more likely to agree that people in the community aren’t taking social distancing seriously enough (71 per cent to 61 per cent).
Women were more likely than men (37 per cent to 25 per cent) to think restrictions are being lifted too quickly,the survey found.
Newgate Research managing director Sue Vercoe said the survey showed confidence in institutions had also peaked.