Public Expresses Sufficient Satisfaction with COVID-19 Handling; Here's Why

A Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) survey shows that 64.6% of respondents reported being very or fairly satisfied with the central government's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic. 54.4% stated they were fairly satisfied, and 10.2% said they were very satisfied.

This satisfaction level is an increase from the SMRC survey in May 2021, which recorded 61.8%. However, 26.6% of the public still reported being dissatisfied, and 5.4% were completely dissatisfied.

48% of respondents expressed satisfaction with the Covid-19 response because the government had worked hard to control the outbreak, despite the ongoing threat. Another 32.3% stated their satisfaction was due to Covid-19 being relatively controlled, although the number of cases remained high.

Furthermore, 12.3% of respondents stated that the government's performance was not bad compared to many other large countries in the world. Meanwhile, 2.8% gave other reasons, and 4.5% chose not to answer or did not know the answer.

The survey, "National Public Evaluation of President Jokowi's Two-Year Performance," was conducted from September 15 to 21, 2021. The survey involved 1,220 respondents aged 17 and over through face-to-face interviews. The margin of error in this survey is approximately 3.19% at a 95% confidence level.