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Update on the trajectory of health-related behaviors

By the COVID-19 Consortium for Understanding the Public’s Policy Preferences Across States

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Since April 2020, the COVID States Project has been surveying respondents regarding social distancing behaviors and adherence to health recommendations more generally. Our November report, looking at the data from April to November, with a partial exception of mask wearing, found a steady relaxation of these behaviors over time. In this report, we update our November results, finding that this trend has partially reversed, perhaps due to the surge of COVID-19 cases in the last two months. Mask wearing reached its all-time high in our December/January survey, and social distancing behaviors have substantially increased since October (though still far from April levels). 

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January 15, 2021

Mask-Wearing, Social Distancing Improve, But Too Slowly, Survey Shows

NPR
May 7, 2021

Opinion | A Dismal Spring Awaits Unless We Slow the Spread of Covid-19

New York Times

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Published:
January
2021
Report Number:
31
Topic:
Health Behavior
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