As part of the Tasmania Project, researchers conducted 50 in-depth interviews and surveyed 1159 Tasmanian residents aged 18 years and over between April 27 and May 10 about various aspects of the pandemic including adjusting to COVID-19, sources of information, compliance with official responses, changes to food, housing and employment, and opinions on recovery.

They found 51 per cent of respondents believed the Tasmanian government should keep the state's border closed until COVID-19 is eradicated from Australia.

This was higher with women than men (54 per cent compared to 43 per cent), those aged under 50 (56 per cent) and among the non-tertiary educated (60 per cent).

When asked what restrictions should be lifted first, the top five responses were national parks, reserves and beaches, number of visitors per household, dental care, school attendance, and attending funerals and weddings.

One quarter (25 per cent) of respondents said they were more concerned with the economic impacts of COVID-19 than the health risks.

This was higher with men (34 per cent) than women (21 per cent).

The survey found just over half of people (52 per cent) were now working from home with 45 per cent finding it difficult to do so.

73 per cent of employed people with dependent children reported learning from home was difficult with more than one-third (35 per cent) of women reporting they were taking the lead in supporting their children learning from home.

The majority of respondents (87 per cent) claimed they were staying at home and only going out for essential purposes such as buying groceries or going to work but 12 per cent said they sometimes broke the rules to connect with family and friends, increasing to 28 per cent among those aged 18 to 29 and 17 per cent for single Tasmanians.

The report found the majority of people agreed with the statements "I want a different Tasmania to emerge from this crisis" (72 per cent), "what I value about living in Tasmania will continue to exist (87 per cent) and "I believe the crisis has shown us new ways of living well" (83 per cent).

"Over three-fifths of participants discussed various aspects of how things could or should be done differently in light of COVID," the report said.

"Mostly these comments were oriented around how COVID has highlighted various aspects of social life that need to change."

50 per cent of respondents agreed they were not confident the Tasmanian economy would fully recover within five years and 4 per cent said they wanted to leave Tasmania.

Three-quarters (75 per cent) of respondents said they had a high level of trust in the government and health officials to provide reliable information about COVID-19 but 58 per cent said they were concerned about not being able to access essential food, medicines and services because of the pandemic.

13 per cent of respondents reported having to cut spending on other essentials, such as food and electricity, to pay for housing.

In terms of sources of information, researchers found there was a strong reliance on news outlets (81 per cent), Premier Peter Gutwein (64 per cent) and local health authorities and government (48 per cent) over the chief medical officer (40 per cent), the World Health Organisation (25 per cent) and Prime Minister Scott Morrison (23 per cent).

"About a quarter of participants discussed their assessment of how the state and Federal governments are handling COVID. Mostly this was positive, particularly of Tasmania and Premier Gutwein," the report said.

"Those who compared the Federal and Tasmanian responses were positive about the Gutwein government."