Survey Indicator: Many Citizens Disagree with PCR Tests as a Travel Requirement

From early January 2022 to the present, Indonesia has experienced a significant increase in Covid-19 cases.

At the beginning of January 2022, confirmed Covid-19 cases in Indonesia were still below 1,000 new cases per day. However, this number continued to rise to over 63,000 new cases per day in mid-February 2022.

Despite the very high wave of transmission, according to a survey by Indikator Politik Indonesia, a majority or 52.5% of respondents disagreed with making polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests a requirement for travel.

Broken down further, 13.9% of respondents strongly disagreed, and 38.6% disagreed.

Meanwhile, 40.4% of respondents stated they agreed. This includes 35.3% who agreed and 5.1% who strongly agreed. The remaining 7.1% of respondents did not know or did not answer.

Looking at the regions, the highest percentage of respondents who disagreed with PCR tests as a travel requirement came from Kalimantan, at 59.4%.

Respondents from Bali and Nusa Tenggara, however, mostly agreed, with a percentage of 65.2%.

This online survey was conducted from January 15 to February 17, 2022, targeting Indonesian citizens aged 17 years and older or who were married, and who had internet access via smartphone.

A random sample of 626 respondents was obtained from this population. The method used was simple random sampling with a margin of error of approximately 4% at a 95% confidence level.

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