And more than 6 out of 10 L.A. residents said they were confident how the county has responded to COVID-19
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According to the recently published results of a quality of life survey, more than four in five Los Angeles County residents expressed deep concern about the coronavirus pandemic and its impact on health and the economy.
An overwhelming percentage (78%) of Los Angeles County residents said they are concerned that they or a family member would contract the new coronavirus.
A solid majority (61%) of those surveyed expressed confidence in the response of local officials to the pandemicBut only 39% had similar confidence in the federal response.
The findings were published by the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, which conducts the survey annually.
The questions that were asked to county residents are listed below, along with the percentages of the respective answers.
Has the health crisis had a negative economic impact on you personally?
- 83% concerned
- 56% Very concerned
- 27% Somewhat concerned
Do you trust Los Angeles County's response to the health crisis?
Do you trust the federal response to the health crisis?
"There are two clear conclusions," he said. Zev Yaroslavsky, director of the Los Angeles Initiative at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, which conducted the survey as part of an annual project known as the Quality of Life Index, or QLI. “The levels of anxiety about contracting the virus and its economic impacts are overwhelming. And it is a vote of confidence in local public health agencies, while it is a vote of no confidence in the federal response. ”
The results are based on interviews conducted with approximately 1,500 county residents during a period that coincided with the implementation of the stay-at-home orders in Los Angeles.
The survey has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.6%.
