Survey Results: 77 Percent Of People Call COVID-19 Threatening Their Income

JAKARTA - As many as 77 percent of Indonesians consider the corona virus or COVID-19 pandemic threatening their income and income. As many as 25 percent of them admitted that they could not fulfill their basic needs without a loan.

This figure is the result of a national survey by Saiful Mujani Research & Consulting (SMRC) which was conducted from April 9 to April 12. This survey involved 1,200 respondents via random telephone interviews with a margin of error of 2.9 percent.

"The majority of Indonesians, as much as 77 percent, stated that COVID-19 had threatened their income and income. About 25 percent of the population or 50 million adults stated that they could not fulfill their basic needs, without loans," said SMRC researcher Sirajuddin Abbas in a written statement, Friday. , April 17th.

Meanwhile, 15 percent of the people said that the savings they had were only enough for the next few weeks.

Furthermore, due to COVID-19, 67 percent of respondents also said that economic conditions had worsened. Only 24 percent of respondents said there had been no change after this pandemic occurred and only 5 percent of respondents said there had been changes.

"Those who are most affected by this are those who work in the informal sector, blue collar, and groups that rely on daily income," he said.

Meanwhile, regarding the handling of this virus, as many as 52 percent of respondents considered the central government to be fast in dealing with the spread of COVID-19. For the speed of the provincial government, there are differences in satisfaction in handling the spread of COVID-19.

From several provinces, as many as 72 percent of Central Java residents think that the provincial government is working fast.

"While the majority of East Java residents, 68 percent think that the provincial government is moving fast and for DKI Jakarta, 62 percent of the people think that the provincial government is moving fast," Sirajuddin explained.

"Meanwhile, in West Java, only 39 percent of people think the provincial government is moving fast," he added.

Reflecting on the economic difficulties that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic, SMRC then urged that assistance to economically vulnerable groups of people be carried out immediately and its implementation monitored so that it does not deviate.

This provision must be done so that the spread of the virus can be immediately overcome and the recommendation to maintain distance, stay at home and enforce Large-Scale Social Restrictions (PSBB) can be effective.

"Considering that the most economically affected groups are low-income groups, especially daily workers, the social distancing and PSBB obligations will be violated by many economically vulnerable residents. Therefore, subsidizing them is urgent so that the spread of the virus can be suppressed," he concluded.