| Children’s self-report of where they access information about COVID-19 (response to multiple choice options) |
| 1st highest response |
Parent/caregivers 135 (87%) |
School 45 (90%) |
Parent/caregiver 48 (98%) |
Parent/caregiver 23 (92%) |
Parent/caregiver 49 (85%) |
Parent/caregiver 48 (92%) |
| 2nd highest response |
School 105 (67%) |
Parent/caregiver 44 (88%) |
TV 34 (69%) |
School 11 (44%) |
TV 41 (71%) |
TV 41 (79%) |
| School 34 (69%) |
| 3rd highest response |
TV 91 (58%) |
Children’s TV News 39 (78%) |
Friends 20 (41%) |
TV 9 (36%) |
School 32 (55%) |
School 26 (50%) |
| Prime minister conference 9 (36%) |
| Children’s self-report of where they would like to access information about COVID-19 (open text response, three most frequent responses) |
| 1st highest response |
Parent/caregiver 54 (35%) |
Teachers/school 18 (36%) |
Parent/caregiver 15 (31%) |
Parent/caregiver 8 (32%) |
Animations 10 (17%) |
Parent/caregiver 15 (28%) |
| 2nd highest response |
TV and TV news 38 (24%) |
TV and TV news 12 (24%) |
TV and TV news 12 (%) |
TV and TV news 4 (16%) |
Websites for kids/You tube 8 (14%) |
TV and TV news 15 (28%) |
| 3rd highest response |
Teachers/school 14 (9%) |
Parent/caregiver 7 (14%) |
Websites for kids/YouTube 6 (12%) |
Animation 2 (8%) |
TV and TV news 7 (12%) |
Websites for kids/You Tube 7 (13%) |
| I do not know 7 (14%) |
