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Source: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2009/06/16/Poll-Americans-swine-flu-fears-diminish/UPI-46601245166317/
Poll: Americans' swine flu fears diminish
Published: June 16, 2009 at 11:31 AM
PRINCETON, N.J., June 16 (UPI) -- Significantly fewer U.S. residents say they're worried about the swine flu outbreak than did so when it first appeared in late April, a Gallup Poll indicates.
Only 8 percent of respondents to a survey released Tuesday said they worried about contracting the H1N1 virus, compared with 25 percent who said so two months ago, Gallup said.
The biggest drop in swine flu concerns came among women aged 18 to 49, who in earlier polls were the most worried of any demographic group. In the latest survey, only 8 percent of such women indicated they were concerned. The figure was below 10 percent in all four gender-by-age groups.
The pollsters said the results indicate that respondents are less concerned about personally getting the illness than at any previous point in the outbreak now that they have had two full months to assess the severity of the H1N1 flu, putting its risks into perspective with other illnesses such as "normal" seasonal flu.
Gallup said the results were based on interviews with 998 adults from June 13-14, with a maximum sampling error of 3 percentage points.
Poll: Americans' swine flu fears diminish
Published: June 16, 2009 at 11:31 AM
PRINCETON, N.J., June 16 (UPI) -- Significantly fewer U.S. residents say they're worried about the swine flu outbreak than did so when it first appeared in late April, a Gallup Poll indicates.
Only 8 percent of respondents to a survey released Tuesday said they worried about contracting the H1N1 virus, compared with 25 percent who said so two months ago, Gallup said.
The biggest drop in swine flu concerns came among women aged 18 to 49, who in earlier polls were the most worried of any demographic group. In the latest survey, only 8 percent of such women indicated they were concerned. The figure was below 10 percent in all four gender-by-age groups.
The pollsters said the results indicate that respondents are less concerned about personally getting the illness than at any previous point in the outbreak now that they have had two full months to assess the severity of the H1N1 flu, putting its risks into perspective with other illnesses such as "normal" seasonal flu.
Gallup said the results were based on interviews with 998 adults from June 13-14, with a maximum sampling error of 3 percentage points.