Data Resources on the COVID-19 Pandemic
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A number of national and international research projects are currently underway that empirically
record the economic and social effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The collection is wide and ranges
from snapshots of surveys with self-selected samples, representative surveys, longitudinal studies,
experiments, etc..
IZA’s Research Data Center (IDSC) collects and curates the information on such new initiatives.
Projects with high research output based on number of IZA Discussion Papers or otherwise are
promoted especially as “featured resources” on the top of our website.
Please contact the IDSC of IZA for any suggestions of further content at
idsc@iza.org.
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A Tracker of Trackers: COVID-19 Policy Responses and Data
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A massive collection of COVID-19 policy trackers and data. It covers cross-country research in the areas of non-pharmaceutical interventions, economic and social policy responses, public attitudes, politics and media coverage.
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ARD-DeutschlandTREND
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Infratest dimap’s ARD-DeutschlandTREND is a survey commissioned by ARD’s “Tagesthemen” and a number of daily newspapers. It periodically polls current attitudes and political opinion in Germany. The DeutschlandTREND is based on representative telephone interviews (CATI) with around 1,000 eligible voters in. In response to significant political and social events, “DeutschlandTREND extra” surveys are additionally conducted outside of the regular cycle especially since March 2020 on COVID-19.
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BfR-Corona-Monitor
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The BfR Corona-Monitor is a recurring representative survey of the German population's perception of risks from the new type of coronavirus. Since 24 March 2020, randomly selected people have been asked by telephone every Tuesday about their perception of the risk of infection and the protective measures they have taken.
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Canadian Perspective Survey Series
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Canadian Perspectives Survey Series (CPSS) involves people who agree to complete about six very short online surveys over a period of one year (about one every two months) using randomly sample households from the Labor Force Survey (LFS) out-going rotation groups.
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The first survey of the series focused on the impacts of COVID-19. The second survey of the series focused on monitoring the effect of COVID-19. The third survey of the series focuses on the gradual reopening of economic and social activities during COVID-19.
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Children of Immigrants Longitudinal Survey - COVID-19 Supplementary Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Data collection for CILS4COVID started in April 2020, By the end of the fieldwork period, a total of 67% (N = 3,517) of this gross sample had participated in the survey. Fieldwork was conducted in two different interview modes: Web and postal questionnaires. The questions centered around the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on daily life, questions about respondents' attitudes towards both the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change. Except for the reference word, both sets of questions have the same wording. The purpose of this is to compare young adults' perceptions of how policymakers are dealing with both challenges.
The questions cover the following areas:- Trust in political parties in dealing with the respective challenge
- Attitudes toward the German federal government in dealing with the respective challenge
- Attitudes toward how the German government is handling the respective challenge
- Perceptions of the responsibility of the state and the citizens in dealing with the respective challenge
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Citizens’ Attitudes Under the COVID-19 Pandemic Project
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey measures ordinary people’s perceptions of and behavioral reactions to the disease caused by COVID-19. It investigates and documents attitudes towards policies on a number of issues – health, the economy, civil liberties – and towards governments and institutions. The project measures representations, attitudes and reactions among the general public in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in a number of countries exposed to the coronavirus. Among others it examines also how people respond to the crisis in terms of economic well-being, tax implications, preferences on the role of the state, economic choices related to the national context and supranational environment (cooperation vs. self-interest).
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The methodological design consisted of a broad series of online public opinion surveys in 18 countries in March and April 2020. The survey was repeated at least 4 times in every country (8 waves in France). All surveys run through CAWI (Computer-assisted web interviewing) on samples going from 2,000 respondents to 1,000 respondents.
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COCONEL for Coronavirus and Confinement: Longitudinal Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19COCONEL for Coronavirus and Confinement: Longitudinal survey, is an online survey deployed by the IFOP polling institute with a panel of a thousand people representative of the French adult population on various aspects of the COVID-19 crisis. Conducted by a consortium of researchers, the study aims to follow more specifically the psychological, emotional and behavioral response of the French population to the COVID-19 epidemic and to containment.
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The COCONEL survey is carried out online. Once a week, a sample of a thousand people, representative of the French adult population, is interviewed on the following aspects: housing conditions, job, child and educational continuity, neighborhood and feeling of isolation, containment and living conditions, opinions on containment, prognosis for the duration of the epidemic, sleep disturbances, signs of psychological distress, acceptability of a COVID-19 vaccine, prognosis for the duration of the epidemic (in French).
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Corona Compass
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Corona Compass study, conducted by infratest dimap, is based on a representative sample of the German population eligible to vote in Germany and with an online access. A standard set of questions includes, among other things, the extent to which corona infections are affected in the personal environment, the evaluation of government measures as a whole, the assessment of various individual measures by the state and of companies, the subjective risk assessment of infection, basic attitudes towards economic and political situation and other key indicators. The standard set has been expanded and modified several times recording the acceptance of new measures that are becoming increasingly important in the public discussion. In addition, the Corona Compass collects various questions from basic behavioral and social science research.
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As such, it is one of the few representative surveys of (family) well-being that exists for Germany. The COMPASS study has more observations and more information on families than other special well-being surveys taken during the COVID-19 crisis.
The data includes satisfaction in three areas that are important for the well-being of families, namely general life satisfaction, satisfaction with family life, and satisfaction with childcare. The data also includes detailed questions on whether individuals with dependent children in the household are affected by school and day care center closures, on the degree to which they feel restricted by public measures taken to contain COVID-19, and on the extent to which they work from home (in German).
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Countering COVID-19: A European Survey on Acceptability and Commitment to Preventive Measures
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey is covering over 7.500 individuals that are representative of the population in seven European countries with respect to region, age, gender and education. The fieldwork took place from April 2 to April 15 using an online questionnaire addressing such issues as people’s risk perceptions, support of containment policies, trust in information, worries, vaccination attitudes, and prevention behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Within this project, the survey will be conducted again twice in May and in June.
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COVID-19 is Rapidly Changing: Examining Public Perceptions and Behaviors in Response to this Evolving Pandemic.
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The researchers conducted an online survey of Australian residents between 18 and 24 March 2020. Proportional quota sampling was used to ensure that respondents were demographically representative of the general public, with quotas based on age, gender and state/territory. Respondents were required to be 18 years or older and to speak English.
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Respondents were asked to rate the perceived level of effectiveness in reducing the risk from COVID-19. These items included those promoted by the government and those that were not (mask use when not symptomatic, taking antibiotics). The strategies were grouped into: hygiene related behaviors (hand washing/sanitizing, cleaning surfaces) and avoidance-related behaviors (avoiding crowds, public transport, and complying with quarantine restrictions). Included was also a question that assessed the respondent’s ability to adopt to different social distancing strategies (working from home, keeping children home from school, avoiding travelling, avoiding large crowds, quarantine if exposed, and isolation if symptomatic. The last section of the survey included items focused on self-isolation. Respondents were asked to comment on their willingness to comply, their level of concern regarding the impact on being placed into self-isolation (at home), their ability to comply, their access to assistance from family/friends and issues they have with the strategy.
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COVID-19 Snapshot Monitoring (COSMO)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The aim of the project is to repeatedly get an insight into how the population perceives the corona pandemic: how the “psychological situation” is emerging. The aim is to to monitor public perceptions of risk, protective and preparedness behaviors, public trust, as well as knowledge and misinformation to enable government spokespeople, the media, and health organizations to implement adequate responses. The study design allows rapid and adaptive monitoring of these variables over time and assessing the relations between risk perceptions, knowledge and misinformation to preparedness and protective behavior regarding COVID-19 in Germany.
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The study participants are invited through an online panel provider. Every week, a representative distribution of the N = 1,000 respondents between the ages of 18-74 is selected based on the census data from Germany. Wave 1 interviewed 977 people. Quotations are made according to age / gender (crossed) and federal state (uncrossed).
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ESPACOV - Estudio Social sobre la Pandemia de COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19ESPACOV examines the opinions of Spain’s citizenry regarding the multifaceted crisis originated by the COVID-19 pandemic, focusing mainly on assessments of actual and potential non-pharmaceutical interventions. The questionnaire also comprises items on the lockdown experience as such, the degree of concern regarding the possibility of infection, as well as the social and economic impact of this crisis. The survey was fielded in the fourth week of the generalized lockdown imposed on March 14th, 2020, by the Spanish government. The obtained sample amounts to N=2,391.
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European Parliament COVID-19 Surveys
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The issues covered focus on an assessment of public measures against the pandemic and on the impact the pandemic has on various aspects of the personal lives of the respondents.
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This dataset [ZA7736] represents the first round of a survey among European citizens about their views on the coronavirus crisis (COVID-19 pandemic). Round 2 [ZA7737] was surveyed in June 2020, round 3 [ZA7738] was surveyed in September and October 2020. Some questions were fielded again in rounds 2 and 3.
Demography: sex; age; age at end of education; head of household; occupation; professional position; employment status; marital status; household composition and household size; region.
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Family Life in Lockdown
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The project studies the personal and family consequences of mass-scale social isolation on individuals’ mental health and well-being caused by COVID-19.
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Through the lens of household and gender economic models, as well as language and discourse analysis, the project describes the alterations in the daily life of Italian and British citizens.
An online survey instrument was designed for adults and one for children that focus on understanding how the daily routine has been modified; what process has lead to the current division of labor within the household; the repercussions on personal well-being, family tension, beliefs and aspirations, risk attitudes, trust and cooperation within and outside of the household.
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Global Behaviors and Perceptions in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19An international team of researchers from 12 different institutions, including Harvard, Cambridge, IESE, and Warwick University, among others is collecting survey data on how citizens prepare and cope with the spreading COVID-19.
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Haushaltskrisenbarometer
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The most comprehensive evaluation of the corona crisis from the perspective of individual households: The Haushaltskrisenbarometer (Household Crisis Barometer) is supported by a cooperation between the Leibniz Institute for Financial Market Research SAFE, Nielsen-Frankfurt and the Chair of Finance and Economics at Goethe University Frankfurt.
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The centerpiece is the evaluation of jointly developed questions that are answered every two weeks by the households of the Nielsen Consumer Panel. The high number of households surveyed continuously and the possibility of making the responses representative using statistical methods provide a reliable and timely picture of the economic situation, (consumption) behavior and expectations of the entire population. This is enriched by an insight into the actual purchasing behavior based on the purchases recorded for all households, and further background information.
The Nielsen Consumer Panel consists of around 20.000 households, of which around 16.000 are interviewed. These households have generally been members of the panel for years and submit all of their purchases in the Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) area every week.The inserted questions span a wide spectrum from the current economic situation to fears and expectations for the future (in German).
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IPSOS Vaccination Survey in Four Countries
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey was designed to be fielded by IPSOS/MORI using their Online Omnibus panel. The survey asked 4,313 residents of the Italy (n=1,051), Spain (n=1,079), the United Kingdom (UK) (n=1,098) and the United States (US) (n=1,085) about their personal experience, risk perceptions, behaviors, financial impacts from the pandemic and intention to vaccinate against COVID-19. The survey was run from 10 -14 July 2020. The sample is representative at the national level and is stratified. Income and education were collected using different scales in each country and standardised.
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Joint Research Centre Survey on COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The JRC Covid-19 online survey collects information on citizens’ lives since the implementation of confinement measures The survey targets citizens living in EU member states but remains open to the global population. Specifically, the survey gathers information on employment and living conditions, trust in the national, regional and European institutions and attitudes towards the exit strategies that are being put in place. In addition, rotating thematic modules evaluate interactions within the household, homeschooling of children, individual and community resilience, energy consumption and transport use, values and attitudes towards data sharing through mobile apps.
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LASI-DAD COVID-19 Households in India
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey, strives to measure individual respondent's perceptions, attitudes, and behavioral reactions related to the pandemic. The survey targets one randomly selected adult male and one randomly selected adult female from each household of the LASI-DAD study. The survey takes about 15 minutes to administer and was conducted via phone call every two months starting from May 2020. The same respondents are re-interviewed over a one-year time period. All interviews are conducted in the respondent's local language to ensure respondent comprehension and comfort. The nationally representative sample, strives to monitor the nationwide prevalence of COVID-19 symptoms, adoption of disease avoidance behaviors, rates of economic hardships and job loss, receipt of social protection benefits, food security, and the mental health of households.
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On the Stability of Risk Preferences: Measurement Matters
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The data were collected at universities in different countries (Czechia, India, Mexico, and Spain) as part of a research project on language learning and migration intentions among university students. During the baseline survey, collected in 2019, prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, respondents were requested a permission to be contacted again for a follow-up survey, which took place in December 2020 and January 2021. The sample was restricted to countries with at least 20 respondents in the follow-up survey.
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In both waves, the same two measures for risk attitudes were collected: self-assessed willingness to take risks (“stated willingness to take risks”), and an incentivized lottery decision task (“elicited willingness to take risks”). To measure within-individual variation in willingness to take risks, the sample was restricted to those respondents with information on both measures in both surveys who were still students at the time of the follow-up survey. The estimation sample consists of 303 individuals with information on risk preferences from 9 universities in Czechia, India, Mexico, and Spain; the share of women in the sample is 57% and the median age is 21 years.
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Open ICPSR's COVID-19 Data Repository
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) has launched a repository of data examining the impact of the novel coronavirus global pandemic. This repository is a free, self-publishing option for researchers to share COVID-19 related data.
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OSF Coronavirus Outbreak Research Collection
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19OSF is a free, open source web application that connects and supports the research community. Researchers use OSF to collaborate, document, archive, share, and register research projects, materials, and data on COVID-19 across disciplines.
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Politbarometer-Extra for Corona May 2020
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The "Politbarometer" surveys are performed since 1977 at about monthly intervals by the Forschungsgruppe Wahlen (Institute for election research) for the ZDF (Second German TV network).
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They are intended to poll the opinions and attitudes of eligible Germans with regard to current events and issues as well as to political parties and individual politicians.The data from all polls per year is integrated, documented and archived in one cumulative data record at the GESIS Archive.
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Risk Perception of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19An international survey to measure risk perception of COVID-19, and the influence of communications on that. The purpose of the study is to use this unique opportunity to assess the risk perception and associated behaviors of people across different countries to the current COVID-19 pandemic.
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People were surveyed in 10 different countries around the world (United Kingdom, United States, Australia, Germany, Spain, Italy, Sweden, Mexico, Japan, and South Korea). These countries were chosen for their cultural and geographic diversity and to represent countries at different stages of the pandemic, with different government policies. Data collection took place between mid-March and mid-April 2020. Participants were recruited through several different (online) platforms or agencies with ationally representative quota samples of the US and UK stratified by age, gender, and ethnicity. Also interlocking age and gender quotas were employed in all other countries to ensure broadly representative samples, with a target of 700 participants per country. The survey was conducted in a web browser via Qualtrics and took about 20 minutes to complete. Participants were paid £0.80-£2.05 ($1.00-$2.57), varying between countries. Participants completed the surveys in their native local language. Translators were fluent in both English as well as each local language to help ensure appropriate adaptation of the survey items in each country.
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Roper Center: Supporting Public Opinion Data Related to COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research, located at Cornell University, is the world’s leading archive of public opinion survey data. Among others, the Center’s mission is to collect, preserve, and disseminate public opinion data on COVID-19 for the research community and the interested public.
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Science Barometer Special Edition on Corona
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19How important are research results for people in times of the Corona pandemic? According to the public, what role should science play in politics when dealing with Corona? Do citizens feel well informed about Corona?
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The science barometer on Corona is a special edition of the science barometer annually published by Wissenschaft im Dialog. The representative population survey gathers and publishes annual data on public attitudes towards science and research in Germany. The results of the science barometer Corona special edition are based on 1,009 telephone interviews which were conducted on 15 and 16 April 2020 by Kantar on behalf of Wissenschaft im Dialog.
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Social Attitudes and Psychological Health in COVID-19 Pandemic Health Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Social Attitudes and Psychological Health in COVID-19 Pandemic Health Survey was administered in March 6-12, 2020, to a population of adults 16 years and older, residing in 31 provinces, municipalities, or autonomous regions of China with 1,952 responses. In addition to recording demographic and socioeconomic characteristics, the survey collected data on COVID-19 related psychological responses, social attitudes, self-assessed health, and mental health measures (life satisfaction, happiness, and depression).
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Sport England: Survey Into Adult Physical Activity Attitudes and Behavior
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey provides a regular picture of physical activity bevahiors and attitudes during the different phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. The survey asks the public about the amount and type of activity being undertaken, how activity is changing over time, who people are being active with, and what they are thinking and feeling about being active. It also asks parents how their children have changed their exercise habits since the COVID-19 restrictions.
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Over 2.000 English adults (16+ online) are surveyed. Data were weighted to be demographically representative of English adults by gender, age, region, social grade, and the estimated households with children under 16.
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Standard Eurobarometer 93 - Summer 2020: The EU and the Coronavirus Outbreak
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19he survey addresses topics such as: • the political and economic situation in Europe • how Europeans perceive their political institutions (both national governments/parliaments and the EU institutions) • attitudes to European citizenship and other key policy areas • perceptions of the coronavirus pandemic and its consequences.
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Survey of Acceptability of App-Based Contact Tracing in the UK, US, France, Germany and Italy
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The research project conducted a multi-country, large-scale (N = 5.995) study to measure public support for digital contact tracing of COVID-19 infections. The study measured intentions to use a contact-tracing app across different installation regimes (voluntary installation vs. automatic installation by mobile phone providers), and studied how these intentions vary across individuals and countries.
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The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COVID-19 Household Impact Survey is a philanthropic effort to provide national and regional statistics about physical health, mental health, economic security, and social dynamics in the United States from the US Data Foundation.
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Understanding America Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This page provides a summary of information and data from Understanding America Study surveys of attitudes and behaviors around the Novel Coronavirus pandemic in the United States. Currently two surveys are conducted, the UAS Understanding Coronavirus in America (“Covid”) Survey which includes a national bi-weekly long-form survey and a weekly Los Angeles County short-form survey. Reports, toplines, data, and documentation are provided for the full Wave 1 of the UAS Covid survey. Complete data sets for subsequent waves of the long, bi-weekly (national) and short, weekly (Los Angeles County) tracking surveys are posted here as they are completed.
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Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19From April 2020 participants from the main Understanding Society (UK Household Longitudinal Study UKHLS) sample have been asked to complete a short web-survey (telephone version if internet not available). This survey covers the changing impact of the pandemic on the welfare of UK individuals, families and wider communities. Participants complete one survey a month, which includes core content designed to track changes, alongside variable content adapted each month as the coronavirus situation develops. Each survey takes around 20 minutes to complete.
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The survey forms an integral part of Understanding Society, a representative sample of UK households, with boost samples of Black and minority ethnic groups. Researchers can link data from the COVID-19 survey to answers respondents have given in past (and future) waves of the annual survey.
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COVID-19 and Mental Health Deterioration among BAME Groups in the UK
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COVID-19 and Mental Health of Individuals with Different Personalities
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Have Girls Been Left behind during the COVID-19 Pandemic? Gender Differences in Pandemic Effects on Children's Mental Wellbeing
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Labour Market Shocks during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Inequalities and Child Outcomes
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Search and Reallocation in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Evidence from the UK
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Testing the Differential Impact of COVID-19 on Self-Employed Women and Men in the United Kingdom
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Its Impact on Socioeconomic Inequality in Psychological Distress in the UK: An Update
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The Psychological Gains from COVID-19 Vaccination: Who Benefits the Most?
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Unmet Health Care Need and Income-Related Horizontal Equity in Access during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Weather, Psychological Wellbeing and Mobility during the First Wave of the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Who is Resilient in a Time of Crisis? The Importance of Financial and Non-Financial Resources
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Work, Care and Gender during the COVID-19 Crisis
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Working Parents, Financial Insecurity, and Child-Care: Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19
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WageIndicator Survey of Living and Working in Coronavirus Times
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The WageIndicator Foundation has launched a continuous global online survey ‘Living and Working in Corona Times’. The purpose of the survey is to discover what makes the Coronavirus lockdown easier (or tougher) for citizens across 110 countries, and to gauge the effect of COVID-19 on jobs, lives and states of mind.
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Why is this resource interesting?WageIndicator shows coronavirus-induced changes in living and working conditions in 110 countries. The survey reveals, from day to day, the consequences the large majority of the working population of the world experiences on the basis of answers on the following questions in the Corona survey:
- Is your work affected by the corona crisis?
- Are precautionary measures taken at the workplace?
- Do you have to work from home?
- Has your workload increased/decreased?
- Have you lost your job/work/assignments?