児童手当所得制限「継続を」５割　マスク着用、対応割れる―時事世論調査

　時事通信が１０～１３日に実施した２月の世論調査で、児童手当の所得制限について尋ねたところ、「継続すべきだ」と答えた人は５２．６％で、「撤廃すべきだ」の２８．５％を大きく上回った。「どちらとも言えない・分からない」は１８．９％。
　政府が新型コロナウイルス対策のマスク着用を個人の判断に委ねる方針を決定したことを受け、今後どう対応するか質問したところ、「屋内外問わず着用する」（４２．８％）と「屋内では着用するが屋外では着用しない」（４０．２％）が拮抗（きっこう）した。「屋内外問わず着用しない」は９．９％にとどまり、「この中にはない・分からない」は７．０％だった。
　調査は全国１８歳以上の２０００人を対象に個別面接方式で実施。有効回収率は６０．４％。（2023/02/16-17:03）

A Jiji Press opinion survey showed Thursday that a majority of people want the government to keep in place the existing income limit for parents to receive child allowances.
   According to the survey, conducted for four days through Monday, 52.6 pct of respondents are in favor of the continuation of the income cap, far higher than 28.5 pct calling for the ceiling to be scrapped, while the proportion of those who answered neither or said they do not know stood at 18.9 pct.
   On the government's decision to let each individual choose whether to wear a face mask as a novel coronavirus countermeasure from March 13, 42.8 pct said they would continue using masks both indoors and outdoors, and 40.2 pct said they would do it indoors but not outdoors.
   The share of respondents who said they would not wear masks both indoors and outdoors came to 9.9 pct.
   The interview-based survey covered 2,000 people aged 18 or over across the country. Valid responses came from 60.4 pct.