Abstract (eng)
Much literature finds gender, age, education, and political affiliation have a significant effect on the approval of Covid-19 lockdown measures (Ali et al., 2020; Block et al., 2022; Collignon et al., 2021; Vincenzo et al., 2020; von Chamier et al., 2020). While a possibility of a rapid increase of severe Covid-19 cases may be endangering the workings of the societal system, no literature was found on whether individuals with a Covid-19 infection would approve of lockdown measures differently. Therefore, this paper considers the effect a Covid-19 ailment has on lockdown measure approval. Using secondary data (N=813) from the Austrian Corona Panel Project, a quantitative data analysis is conducted (Kittel et al., 2021; Vienna Center of Electoral Research, 2021). The result shows that no significant effect in ailment status is given, neither if oneself has had Covid-19 or if someone in one’s immediate surrounding did. In the sample significant effects on Covid-19 lockdown measure approvals are however present for the subjective belief of being infected with Covid-19 within the next week, political affiliation and how effective an individual considers lockdown measures to be. With these findings, policymakers, researchers and interest groups in Austria are provided with information on what may affect Covid-19 lockdown measure approval.