Several factors tie to whether people say they would be comfortable tracing or likely to engage with the entire contact tracing process % of USS adults who say they would be very or somewhat comfortable or likely to engage with all three key steps of the process (speak, share, quarantine)* Among those who say they had seen or heard about contact tracing Among those who generally when an unknown number calls their try Among to steal people's personal people information pretend
For example, results from this survey show that people’s comfort with or likelihood of engaging with the contact tracing and isolation process (speak, share, quarantine) rises with increased awareness of contact tracing. Some 63% of those who had seen or heard a great deal about contact tracing as of July say they would be comfortable or likely to engage with all three parts of the contact tracing effort that we explore here: that is, speaking with a public health official by phone or text message, sharing names of contacts and names of locations or location data, and quarantining. In contrast, 35% of those who have seen or heard not too much say they would do the same, and only 29% of those who’ve seen or heard nothing at all say this.
Finally, those who think others often pretend to be someone else to steal others’ personal information are less likely to be comfortable or likely to engage with these key contract tracing and isolation steps. Roughly four-in-ten of those who say that people often pretend to be someone else to steal others’ personal information say they are also comfortable or likely to engage with the entire process, compared with about half of those who say people sometimes do this (52%) or rarely or never do this (51%).
Several factors tie to whether people say they would  | be comfortable tracing or likely to engage with the entire  | contact tracing process  | % of USS adults who say they would be very or somewhat comfortable  | or likely to engage with all three key steps of the process (speak, share,  | quarantine)*  | Among those who say they had seen or heard about contact tracing  | Among as of July  | A great deal  | 63  | Some  | 49  | Not too much  | 35  | Not at all  | 29  | Among those who generally when an unknown number calls their  | cellphone  | Answer the phone  | 54  | Do not answer, check  | 49  | voicemail if left  | Do not answer, ignore  | 33  | voicemail if left  | District  | Among those who think people pretend to be someone else in order to  | try Among to steal people's personal people information pretend  | Often  | 43  | Sometimes  | 52  | Rarely or never  | 51  | *The calculations about people engaging with coronavirus -related contact tracing programs  | are built around random half sample of respondents. using questions about the likelihood  | they would speak with a public health official who contacted them via phone or text  | message to speak about the coronavirus; their comfort in sharing information about people  | they d been IN contact with and where they'd been; and their willingness to quarantine if  | advised to do so by public health official because they had the coronavirus Those who did  | not give an answer for any one of the relevant steps in the process are not shown For more  | details about these calculations see the report section In all, 48% of adults say they would  | be comfortable or likely to engage with all three kkey steps of the contact tracing process  | Note: Those who did not give an answer are not shown.  | Source Survey of U.S adults conducted July 13 19 2020  | The Challenges of Contact Tracing as U.S Battles COVID 19"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 