Insurance Companies Approval: Handling of the Response to the Coronavirus (June 2020)

Insurance Companies Approval: Handling of the Response to the Coronavirus (June 2020)

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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLiberalsModeratesConservatives
Approve strongly4%7%7%
Approve somewhat9%16%16%
Neither approve nor disapprove27%34%35%
Disapprove somewhat15%11%6%
Disapprove strongly23%13%8%
Don't know/No opinion21%19%28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean liberalSomewhat liberalExtremely liberal
Approve strongly4%3%4%
Approve somewhat12%12%5%
Neither approve nor disapprove34%28%21%
Disapprove somewhat14%16%15%
Disapprove strongly22%18%30%
Don't know/No opinion15%23%25%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Ideology is measured on a scale of 1-7, with 1 corresponding to "extremely liberal", 7 corresponding to "extremely conservative, and 4 corresponding to "in the middle." For the purposes of this table, respondents who placed themselves at or between points 1 and 3 on the scale are considered "liberal," respondents who placed themselves at point 4 on the scale are considered "moderate," and respondents who placed themselves at or between points 5 and 7 on the scale are considered conservative.
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CategoryLean conservativeSomewhat conservativeExtremely conservative
Approve strongly4%5%11%
Approve somewhat27%14%12%
Neither approve nor disapprove40%35%33%
Disapprove somewhat4%8%5%
Disapprove strongly11%6%7%
Don't know/No opinion15%32%31%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Race is calculated according to the race variable.
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CategoryWhiteBlackHispanic
Approve strongly6%9%3%
Approve somewhat14%15%14%
Neither approve nor disapprove30%30%37%
Disapprove somewhat10%8%11%
Disapprove strongly13%19%15%
Don't know/No opinion26%20%19%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Gender is calculated according to the GENDER variable.
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CategoryMaleFemale
Approve strongly5%7%
Approve somewhat14%14%
Neither approve nor disapprove34%31%
Disapprove somewhat9%11%
Disapprove strongly17%13%
Don't know/No opinion22%25%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Community type is based on the following question, " Would you say that you live in an urban, suburban, or rural community?"
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CategoryUrbanSuburbanRural
Approve strongly7%5%7%
Approve somewhat14%14%12%
Neither approve nor disapprove30%32%34%
Disapprove somewhat8%12%9%
Disapprove strongly19%12%12%
Don't know/No opinion20%25%26%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Age is calculated according to the AGEG variable.
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Category18-2930-4445-6465+
Approve strongly3%11%6%4%
Approve somewhat12%17%13%12%
Neither approve nor disapprove26%26%34%40%
Disapprove somewhat16%14%8%6%
Disapprove strongly25%14%15%7%
Don't know/No opinion19%19%25%31%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Education is calculated according to the EDUC variable.
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CategoryNo HSHigh school graduateSome college2-year4-yearPost-grad
Approve strongly0%7%6%3%8%3%
Approve somewhat1%12%12%19%15%17%
Neither approve nor disapprove24%36%36%30%27%29%
Disapprove somewhat20%7%11%8%12%14%
Disapprove strongly18%15%13%16%17%9%
Don't know/No opinion37%23%22%23%23%28%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Religiosity is calculated according to the IMPORT variable.
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CategoryExtremely importantSomewhat importantNot very importantNot at all important
Approve strongly10%6%0%2%
Approve somewhat14%16%13%10%
Neither approve nor disapprove36%28%32%30%
Disapprove somewhat7%13%10%14%
Disapprove strongly9%14%14%26%
Don't know/No opinion25%22%32%18%
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    Respondents were asked, "Do you approve or disapprove of how each of the following is handling the coronavirus/COVID-19: Insurance companies?" Fundamentalism is calculated according to the LITERAL variable.
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CategoryThe Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is the word of God but not everything in it should be taken literally, word for word.The Bible is a book written by men and is not the word of God.Don't know.
Approve strongly10%6%1%8%
Approve somewhat16%15%12%8%
Neither approve nor disapprove34%35%27%26%
Disapprove somewhat6%9%16%9%
Disapprove strongly10%11%22%21%
Don't know/No opinion23%24%22%29%

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