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Compliance with coronavirus social distancing and behavioral rules in the Netherlands in 2020

Characteristic	Share of complying respondents
Not shaking hands	99.6%
Not receiving more than three guests simultaneously	90.9%
Not visiting the vulnerable	83.3%
Not visiting the elderly*	71.8%
Using paper towels	70.7%
Coughing and sneezing in the elbow	70%
Social distancing** in a group of four or more people	68.4%
Washing hands thoroughly***	49.6%
Washing hands regularly	39.2%

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Release date

June 2020

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Region

Netherlands

Survey time period

April to May 2020

Number of respondents

89,945 respondents

Age group

16 years and older

Method of interview

Online survey

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Source does not provide release date: release date is date of access.

The figures were calculated by ��ƽ�� as the average of two measurements by the source.

*70 years or older.

**At least 1,5 meters.

***For at least 20 seconds.

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More than 60 percent of the respondents to a widespread survey in the Netherlands indicated that they did not wash their hands regularly during the coronavirus pandemic. In addition, more than half of the of respondents indicated that they did not wash their hands thoroughly. Like most nations around the world, the government of the Netherlands imposed behavioral rules on society as a response to the rapid outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. These countermeasures included hygienic and social distancing rules. Whereas some of these rules, such as the regular and thourough washing of hands, were not followed by a majority of the respondents, others were adopted massively. For instance, 99.6 percent indicated that they did not shake hands with anyone, and over 90 percent refrained from entertaining more than three guests at once. All in all, willingness to comply to the rules was expected to decrease over the course of 2020.