Public Behavior and Attitude Towards Government Policies During the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Indonesia

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.210506.056How to use a DOI?

Keywords

COVID-19 pandemic, society awareness, government policy

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected global social life. By far, cases of COVID-19 transmission in Indonesia have not shown a significant decrease. Preventing the spread of COVID-19 outbreak requires society awareness to consistently implement health protocols and comply with government policies. This study aims to describe public behavior in implementing a healthy life and how public attitude complies with government policies related to COVID-19. This research is a quantitative descriptive study conducted by collecting data through online survey and literature studies. The survey was conducted with a non-probability sampling design that combines convenience and snowball techniques for 11 days and obtained 911 respondents from all regions of Indonesia. The result shows that respondents had raised awareness toward the importance of implementing health protocols during a pandemic. The respondents also generally agree with the policies taken by the government in preventing the spread of COVID-19., such as stopping public transportation, closing houses of worship, and so on. However, respondents do not agree with the policy of ceasing market activities. The findings was confirmed because the respondents has good information literacy since they are internet users. This is consistent with other studies which suggest that people with low levels of information literacy tend to neglect the implementation of health protocols. This study emphasizes the importance of disseminating information by media related to the pandemic and equitable internet access so that all people can get adequate information.

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© 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Erisva Hakiki Purwaningsih
AU  - Qur’ani Dewi Kusumawardani
AU  - Marudur Pandapotan Damanik
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/05/08
TI  - Public Behavior and Attitude Towards Government Policies During the Pandemic of COVID-19 in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Law and Human Rights 2020 (ICLHR 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 426
EP  - 431
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.210506.056
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.210506.056
ID  - Purwaningsih2021
ER  -