JAKARTA - The Indonesian Political Indicators Survey Institute released survey findings regarding the public's response to the transmission of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 which has spread through local transmission at this time.
Senior Researcher for Political Indicators Rizka Halida explained that there were 32.4 percent who felt normal so they were not worried about the spread of the Omicron variant.
Initially, as many as 86.3 percent of respondents were aware of the Omicron variant. Meanwhile, 13.7 percent did not know the Omicron variant.
To respondents who knew about the Omicron variant, as many as 25.8 percent of respondents admitted that they were very worried and 41 were quite worried about the transmission of the Omicron variant.
"This means, as many as 66.8 percent who tend to worry that they are infected with this Omicron, or equivalent to 57.6 of the total population," said Rizka in a virtual survey presentation, Sunday, February 20.
Meanwhile, as many as 32.4 percent of respondents claimed to be normal so they were not worried at all that they were infected with Omicron.
"28.5 percent tend to be normal, 2.2 percent don't worry, and 1.7 percent don't worry at all," said Rizka.
Then, as many as 0.8 percent of respondents did not know or did not answer questions about the spread of this Omicron variant.
It is known that this survey was conducted from January 15 to February 17, 2022, to respondents who are Indonesian citizens who are 17 years old or older, or are married, and have internet access via smartphones when the survey was conducted.
The survey was conducted through random interviews through online questionnaires to 626 respondents. The margin of error for this survey is estimated at around 4 percent and the survey confidence level is 95 percent.
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