Partisanship, Religion, and Social Class: Attitudes and Behaviors in the Early Stages of the Covid-19 Pandemic

This article investigates differences in health precautions taken during the pandemic and degree to which individuals had faith government’s response Covid-19 early stages of pandemic. Using a sample designed be nationally representative as well three lockdown zones, we find that local social-distancing policies, social class, religion, political partisanship all influenced how Indonesians experienced their perceptions response. We found fear levels behavior are associated with religion economic status. Fear much higher among lowest-paid Muslims outside capital city Jakarta, while non-Muslims reported greater precaution-taking measures. Though Islamic parties’ voters, difference is less pronounced, there notable partisan stronger predictors attitude where have been conflicts between national authorities.