Why not downloaded COVID app - other coded
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Question asked in the latest wave:
Question label:
Other reasons for not using COVID app
Question text:
For what other reasons have you not downloaded the {IF ff_country = 1, 2: NHS COVID-19 app / IF ff_country = 3: NHS Scotlan Protect Scotland app / IF ff_country = 4: HSC StopCOVID NI app}?
Question universe:
IF ff_country is not 2 OR (ff_country = 2 AND welsh is not 1) // Ask if respondent not living in Wales, or living in Wales and did not complete survey in Welsh
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| inapplicable | -8 | 373 | 95.4% |
| refusal | -2 | 1 | 0.26% |
| Doesn't want to | 11 | 2 | 0.51% |
| Never goes out | 12 | 1 | 0.26% |
| Don't trust Government | 15 | 1 | 0.26% |
| Other family member has it | 17 | 2 | 0.51% |
| Don't want to have to self-isolate | 18 | 1 | 0.26% |
| Don't need to, not necessary | 19 | 5 | 1.28% |
| Hardly use/carry phone | 21 | 1 | 0.26% |
| App is unreliable/useless/doesn't work | 23 | 2 | 0.51% |
| Don't know how to use it/need help | 25 | 2 | 0.51% |
| Total | 391 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 3 | 0.02% |
| refusal | -2 | 103 | 0.8% |
| don't know | -1 | 17 | 0.13% |
| Have not got around to downloading it | 1 | 20 | 0.16% |
| My smartphone is too old, the operating system is not compatible with the app | 2 | 7 | 0.05% |
| I don't have storage space for the app | 3 | 1 | 0.01% |
| I don't know how to download it | 5 | 9 | 0.07% |
| I didn't know there was an app | 7 | 3 | 0.02% |
| I am worried about my privacy | 8 | 16 | 0.12% |
| I do not trust the information it provides about exposure to coronavirus | 9 | 3 | 0.02% |
| I am taking precautions (e.g., social distancing, wearing a mask) so do not need the app | 10 | 18 | 0.14% |
| Doesn't want to | 11 | 90 | 0.7% |
| Never goes out | 12 | 9 | 0.07% |
| Work won't allow it | 13 | 25 | 0.2% |
| Work in NHS/health/teacher so have to switch off | 14 | 57 | 0.44% |
| Don't trust Government | 15 | 23 | 0.18% |
| Don't trust app/company | 16 | 14 | 0.11% |
| Other family member has it | 17 | 21 | 0.16% |
| Don't want to have to self-isolate | 18 | 1 | 0.01% |
| Don't need to, not necessary | 19 | 47 | 0.37% |
| Data usage/PAYG/only use wifi | 20 | 7 | 0.05% |
| Hardly use/carry phone | 21 | 11 | 0.09% |
| Don't want to use Bluetooth/GPS | 22 | 1 | 0.01% |
| App is unreliable/useless/doesn't work | 23 | 35 | 0.27% |
| Not available in current location | 24 | 4 | 0.03% |
| Don't know how to use it/need help | 25 | 11 | 0.09% |
| Use an alternative app/method | 26 | 22 | 0.17% |
| I don't go out | 27 | 47 | 0.37% |
| Not codable | 97 | 10 | 0.08% |
| Total | 12818 | 100.0% |
| Value label | Value | Absolute frequency | Relative frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| missing | -9 | 6 | 0.05% |
| inapplicable | -8 | 11276 | 93.69% |
| refusal | -2 | 109 | 0.91% |
| don't know | -1 | 32 | 0.27% |
| Doesn't want to | 11 | 89 | 0.74% |
| Never goes out | 12 | 83 | 0.69% |
| Work won't allow it | 13 | 28 | 0.23% |
| Work in NHS/health/teacher so have to switch off | 14 | 75 | 0.62% |
| Don't trust Government | 15 | 37 | 0.31% |
| Don't trust app/company | 16 | 29 | 0.24% |
| Other family member has it | 17 | 35 | 0.29% |
| Don't want to have to self-isolate | 18 | 35 | 0.29% |
| Don't need to, not necessary | 19 | 31 | 0.26% |
| Data usage/PAYG/only use wifi | 20 | 15 | 0.12% |
| Hardly use/carry phone | 21 | 19 | 0.16% |
| Don't want to use Bluetooth/GPS | 22 | 12 | 0.1% |
| App is unreliable/useless/doesn't work | 23 | 62 | 0.52% |
| Not available in current location | 24 | 14 | 0.12% |
| Don't know how to use it/need help | 25 | 10 | 0.08% |
| Use an alternative app/method | 26 | 5 | 0.04% |
| Not codable | 97 | 33 | 0.27% |
| Total | 12035 | 100.0% |



