Several factors tie to whether people say they would be comfortable for likely to engage with the entire contact tracing process % of U.S. 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 as of July Among cellphone those who generally when an unknown number calls their
Awareness of contact tracing and perceptions of how often scams happen are linked to the steps people say they would be likely or comfortable to take in the process. Some seven-in-ten U.S. adults had seen or heard a great deal or some about contact tracing at the time this survey was taken in July, whereas three-in-ten (29%) had heard nothing at all or not too much about this process. Those who had seen or heard not much or nothing at all are least likely to say they would be comfortable or likely to engage with all three contact tracing steps explored here (“speak, share, quarantine”).
Several factors tie to whether people say they would  | be comfortable for likely to engage with the entire  | contact tracing process  | % of U.S. 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  | as of July  | a great deal  | 63  | Some  | 49  | Not too much  | 35  | Not atall  | 29  | Among cellphone those who generally when an unknown number calls their  | Among cellphone  | Answer the phone  | 54  | Do not answer, check  | 49  | voicemail it left  | Do not answer, ignore  | 33  | volcemail if left  | Among those who think people pretend to be someone elsc in order to  | try to steal people's personal informa tion  | Often  | 43  | Sometimes  | 52  | Rarely for never  | 51  | The calculations about people engaging with coronavirus--celated contact tracing programs  | are built around random hair sample or respondents, using questions about the likelihood  | they would speak with public health official who contacted them via phone or text  | message to speak about the coronavirus: their comfort in sharing information about people  | they in been in contact with and where they been; and their willingness to quarantine  | advised to do so by a 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 a bout these calculations see the report section 'In all, 48% of adults say they would  | be comfortable or likely to engage with all three key 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 