GLOBAL

PERCEPTIONS OF
THE IMPACT OF
COVID-19

February 2021
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Global Average
Positive Negative
22% 40%
Q13. What long-term impact, Peru 47% 32%
if any, do you think the last Mexico 44% 27%
India 42% 28%
six months will have on your
Saudi Arabia 40% 26%
mental wellbeing? Malaysia 36% 34%
South Africa 34% 40%
China 30% 19%
Chile 30% 42%
Globally Covid-19 Argentina 25% 40%
Turkey 23% 42%
will have a Brazil
Singapore
21% 43%
21% 40%
negative rather Italy
Australia
17%
16%
41%
41%
than positive South Korea
Sweden
16%
16%
49%
35%
impact on United States
Netherlands
16%
15%
46%
37%
people’s mental Poland
Belgium
15%
14%
45%
46%
wellbeing Spain
Russia
14%
14%
48%
34%
Germany 13% 31%
Great Britain 13% 53%
Hungary 12% 52%
Base: All respondents (23,004) Canada 11% 54%
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France 11% 49%
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Q13. What long-term impact,
Positive Negative
if any, do you think the last
six months will have on your
mental wellbeing?

Global average - all adults 22% 40%

Parents of a 0-5
year old more
positive about
impact of last six Parents of a 0-5 year old 31% 34%
months on their
mental wellbeing
than adults overall

Base: All respondents (23,004); All parents of a

0-5 year old (3,051)
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 Q. Country Agree Disagree
Global Average 32% 23%
Q14. To what extent do you China 55% 5%
agree or disagree that your India 55% 14%
local community has become Saudi Arabia 51% 10%
Peru 44% 17%
more supportive over the last Chile 43% 22%
six months? Malaysia 43% 20%
Mexico 40% 23%
Great Britain 39% 18%
Singapore 39% 13%
Argentina 38% 23%
Globally a third of Australia
Brazil
38%
36%
15%
24%

people think their United States

Spain
33%
32%
19%
22%

local community Canada

Netherlands
30%
28%
18%
22%

has become more Poland

South Africa
28%
28%
20%
35%
Belgium
supportive France
26%
26%
27%
27%
South Korea 26% 28%
Sweden 23% 25%
Hungary 21% 27%
Germany 19% 17%
Italy 18% 33%
Base: All respondents (23,004) Turkey 17% 47%
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Russia 13% 38%
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Q14. To what extent do you
agree or disagree that your
Agree Disagree
local community has become
more supportive over the last
six months?

Global average - all adults 32% 23%

Parents of a 0-5
year old more
positive about
increased
Parents of a 0-5 year old 40% 21%
community
support

Base: All respondents (23,004); All parents of a

0-5 year old (3,051)
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 Q. Country Often/Always/Some of the time Hardly ever/Never
Global Average 33% 37%
Q15. How often do you feel Brazil 50% 28%
lonely? Turkey 46% 32%
India 43% 27%
Saudi Arabia 43% 37%
Italy 41% 29%
South Africa 40% 28%
Malaysia 39% 21%

A third of adults Chile

South Korea
38%
38%
37%
28%

globally feel Peru

France
37%
36%
35%
39%
Argentina
lonely Great Britain
35%
34%
38%
39%
Mexico 34% 40%
Canada 31% 36%
United States 31% 41%
Australia 30% 42%
Singapore 30% 36%
Hungary 29% 40%
Belgium 28% 38%
Spain 27% 42%
China 26% 27%
Germany 26% 50%
Russia 25% 49%
Sweden 25% 42%
Base: All respondents (23,004) Poland 23% 38%
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Japan 16% 48%
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Q15. How often do you feel
lonely?
Often/Always/Some of the time Hardly ever/Never

No difference in Global average - all adults 33% 37%

loneliness
between adults
overall and
parents of a 0-5
year old Parents of a 0-5 year old 35% 36%

Base: All respondents (23,004); All parents of a

0-5 year old (3,051)
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 Q. Country
Global Average
More lonely
41%
Less lonely
19%
Q16. Over the last six Turkey 54% 17%
months would you say you Brazil 52% 17%
Belgium 51% 10%
have become...
Canada 50% 6%
Great Britain 49% 9%
Sweden 49% 13%
Chile 47% 19%
United States 46% 12%
India 45% 32%
South Korea 45% 23%
Loneliness has Italy 44% 13%
Argentina 42% 20%
increased across South Africa
Spain
42% 28%
41% 22%
the world over Australia
Netherlands
40%
40%
14%
9%
last six months Peru
France
39%
38%
29%
13%
Mexico 38% 24%
Hungary 37% 11%
Saudi Arabia 37% 32%
Singapore 37% 21%
Germany 36% 12%
Malaysia 35% 39%
Poland 34% 18%
Base: All respondents (23,004) Russia 28% 17%
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China 26% 39%
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Q16. Over the last six More lonely Less lonely
months would you say you
have become...

Global average - all adults 41% 28% 19%

Parents of a 0-5
year old more
likely than adults
overall to have
become less
Parents of a 0-5 year old 41% 28% 26%
lonely

Base: All respondents (23,004); All parents of a

0-5 year old (3,051)
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 These are the results of a 28-market survey conducted by Ipsos on its Global Advisor online platform.
Technical note Ipsos interviewed a total of 23,004 adults aged 18-74 in Singapore, 18-74 in the United States,
Canada, Malaysia, South Africa and Turkey, 21-74 in Singapore and 16-74 in 22 other markets
between 23 December 2020 and 8 January 2021.

The sample consists of approximately 1,000 individuals in each of Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada,
mainland China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, Japan, Spain and the U.S., and 500 individuals
in each of Argentina, Chile, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Mexico, the Netherlands, Peru, Poland, Russia,
Saudi Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.

The samples in Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary,
Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, South Korea, Spain, Sweden and the U.S. can be taken as
representative of their general adult population under the age of 75.

The samples in Brazil, Chile, mainland China, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Saudi
Arabia, Singapore, South Africa, and Turkey are more urban, more educated, and/or more affluent
than the general population. The survey results for these markets should be viewed as reflecting the
views of the more “connected” segment of their population.

The data is weighted so that each country’s sample composition best reflects the demographic profile
of the adult population according to the most recent census data.

Where results do not sum to 100 or the ‘difference’ appears to be +/-1 more/less than the actual, this
may be due to rounding, multiple responses, or the exclusion of “don't know” or not stated responses.

The precision of Ipsos online polls is calculated using a credibility interval with a poll of 1,000 accurate
to +/- 3.5 percentage points and of 500 accurate to +/- 5.0 percentage points. For more information on
Ipsos' use of credibility intervals, please visit the Ipsos website. The publication of these findings
abides by local rules and regulations.
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Kelly Beaver Sarah Knibbs
Managing Director, Public Affairs Research Director
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