In a poll conducted nationwide by NHK 10 years before the Great East Japan Earthquake, nearly 90% of the total said that the new coronavirus "affects" when deciding whether to go to an evacuation center in the event of a disaster. I answered, and found that it had a great influence on evacuation behavior.

From November 11th to December 18th last year, the NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute conducted an opinion poll by mail to 3,600 people aged 16 and over nationwide in order to explore recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake and daily disaster prevention awareness. We did this and received responses from 2311 people, or 64.2%.

Evacuation behavior What is the impact of the new coronavirus?

When asked how much the new coronavirus would affect when deciding whether to go to an evacuation center in the event of a disaster, 38% said that it would have a significant effect, and 38% said that it would have


some effect. Was 51%, and nearly 90% thought that it would "affect".



Among those who answered "affect",


▽ by gender, 90% of women were more than men,


and by age group, 90% were in their 60s to 70s or older. Many people think that it will affect them.

How are you participating in disaster prevention drills?

In addition, when asked if they participated in evacuation drills and disaster prevention drills in the past year, 67% of the respondents did not participate.



When asked why,


▽ "no training" was the most common at 45%,


followed by


▽ "did not know that there was training" at 19% and


▽ "inconvenient" at 17%


▽ " I was worried about the infection with the new coronavirus, ”said 7%.



Regarding this result, Professor Reo Kimura of the University of Hyogo, who is familiar with disaster prevention actions, said, "The biggest problem is that we need to evacuate because we are afraid of infection, but we do not evacuate. Local governments are advancing measures against new corona at evacuation centers. Therefore, it is important to be prepared to take appropriate actions in the event of an emergency, such as participating in training and checking countermeasures. "