People’s concerns about the COVID-19 crisis have been decreasing throughout the lockdown in Denmark

Researchers from the Department of Public Health at the University of Copenhagen, in collaboration with Epinion, have asked Danish residents from three different target groups to complete a questionnaire about their mental health, social isolation, loneliness, and concerns about the current COVID-19 crisis. Three groups are being targeted with the questionnaire: 1) people over the age of 65; 2) families with children; and 3) a sample of the general population between the ages of 18 and 85. One hundred people from each of the three target groups answered the questionnaire every third day from 20 March until 16 April; since then, they are answering once a week until the end of June 2020. The analyses below were updated on 4 June.

The overall level of worries seems to be decreasing with the re-opening of Danish society; notably, fewer individuals are reporting being worried about resuming a regular everyday life and not being able to see family and friends. However, in each of the three groups, approximately 72% of respondents have indicated that they were worried about a close relative becoming seriously ill, and older people have been the most concerned about becoming seriously ill themselves throughout the lockdown. In addition, more than half of all respondents reported being worried about a possible national economic crisis.

Figure 1. What makes you worried about the corona crisis?

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Figure 2. On a scale from 1 to 10, how worried are you about the corona crisis?

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Figure 3. Development in ' 'You will become seriously ill'

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Figure 4. Development in 'Someone close to you will become seriously ill'

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Figure 5. Development in 'You or your family will experience serious financial problems'

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Figure 6. Development in 'You will lose your job'

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Figure 7. Development in 'It will be a long time before you can resume your regular everyday life'

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Figure 8. Development in 'You will not be able to see family/friends'

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Figure 9. Development in 'A national economic crisis'

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Figure 10. Development in 'I am not concerned about the corona crisis'

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