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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AID:A Corona Add-on
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19For AID:A Growing up in Germany: Corona Add-on Everyday Worlds are available as a basis for the empirical analyzes with data on current living conditions, as well as their circumstances during the first COVID-19 lockdown.
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As part of the study, from August to November 2020, a total of 867 people between the ages of 12 and 32 who had already participated in the main survey in 2019 were surveyed using a short interim survey in the form of an add-on on the corona pandemic and its consequences. The content of the short questionnaire was the life situation during the corona pandemic. With the two surveys in 2019 and 2020, the survey offers the opportunity to analyze changes in living situation for at least some young people before and during the corona pandemic.
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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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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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Consumer Pyramids Household Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Consumer Pyramids Household Survey (CPHS), produced by the Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE), is the world's largest household panel survey, a continuous survey of more than 174,000 households in India. CPHS revisits its entire sample in three four-month waves each year, permitting longitudinal analysis starting in January 2014. Overall, CPHS aims to get a sense of the economic well-being of households in India and changes in their well-being over time. Since each household is surveyed three times per year, the survey allows up to five observations per person, subject to attrition, and provide us with a pre- and post-pandemic panel of individuals.
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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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COVID-19 Health, Racial & Economic Equity Data Viewer
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19This collection contains Esri maps, data, and apps that can help guide decisions around health, racial, and economic equity during COVID-19 and beyond.
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Includes data on race, ethnicity, age, gender, immigration, language, child well-being, senior well-being, disability status, health insurance, income, disposable income, home ownership, housing costs, air quality, homelessness, diversity, food access, savings vulnerability, education, internet access, family living arrangements, population, poverty, transportation, unemployment, social vulnerability, occupations, business & economic vulnerability, life expectancy, low birth weight, COVID-19 providers, social distancing, and more.
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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 Transmission Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The dataset was developed by a survey that took place over the first week of June 2020. Samples of 1,000 adults in the US and UK were obtained from a professional survey company using quota sampling to obtain national samples broadly representative for those of working age with some oversampling to reflect contrasts of interest. All survey recruitment and completion was done by electronic means (so via phones or personal computers but not face-to-face meetings). Towards the end of the sampling period some of the quotas were relaxed. Ex post, a set of weights that can be used to construct nationally representative results. Respondents were paid a small amount for completing the survey which took about 5 minutes on average to complete. It is important to reiterate that survey responses are self reports and that said, overall reported infection rates are comparable to those reported elsewhere for the UK and US bearing in mind the predominance of early transmission experience.
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The dataset contains several variables related to transmission experience while the analysis focuses on the possession of a medical diagnosis or positive test self-reported by the respondent.
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DJI Childcare Study COVID-19 Add-on
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey has been supplemented by a short additional module on the effects of the corona virus on the care of children up to primary school age since the beginning of the corona pandemic. Parents already interviewed at this time were also asked about the current changes in the care of their children due to corona as part of a follow-up study. In addition to the deviation from the "usual" care situation, the support received in organising childcare as well as changes in the parents' working behaviour will be surveyed. Over the field period from the end of March to the end of July 2020, the overall course of the collected information can provide information on the extent of the changes over time and the flexibility that families have to provide as well as the stabilisation of the care situation in the following months.
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The DJI Childcare Study (KiBS) is an annual, representative survey of approx. 33,000 parents with children under the age of 12 years. Based on random samples from the residents' registration office, about 2,000 interviews are conducted in each federal state of Germany. The youngest age cohort, children under one year of age, is drawn each year anew, while the older children continue the panel survey. The parent principally caring for the child is interviewed; in more than 90 per cent of the interviews, this is the child's mother. The duration of a telephone interview (CATI) is about 20 minutes per person.
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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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First Insights into the Quality of Homeschooling
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Parents and their school-age children and adolescents have been facing home schooling for over two months. Even if there are currently easements, these only affect selected grades and the lessons are still very reduced and predominantly at home.
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Scientists from the Universities of Dortmund and Marburg are conducting a study on the quality of home schooling which has a focus on the following topics: organisation and quality of homeschooling, school subjects, technical options for online lessons, frequency of lessons via video conference, personal contact between teachers and the children and communication means. First results are published in German.
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ifo Education Survey 2020
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The ifo Education Survey (e.g. ifo Education Barometer) is based on an annual public opinion survey. In 2020, over 10,000 individuals were interviewed, who constitute a representative sample of Germany’s adult population between 18 and 69 years. Also, 1,000 parents of schoolchildren on coronavirus-related school closures were part of the survey. The survey focused on education in the Coronavirus crisis: The time schoolchildren spend on school activities, educational measures Germans advocate, like compulsory online instruction, effects of school closures on digitization in education
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ifo Education Survey 2020 – Parent Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The sample of parents: From the total sample of the ifo Education Survey, which includes a representative sample of the adult population in Germany all parents of school children have been asked to answer questions for their youngest school child about activities during the time of the Corona related school closures.
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In this respect, this subsample is a "convenience sample" of parents of pupils at all general schools - elementary schools, secondary schools, junior high schools and comprehensive schools, grammar schools and other types of secondary schools -,due to the representativeness of the overall sample, and a good representation of the students at general education schools.
The parent survey includes a question about children's activities in the period before the school closures. The parent sample includes 1,099 parents of school children.
The first wave of the survey was conducted as part of a large education survey from 3 June to 1 July 2020. The second wave of the survey was in the field from 17 February to 10 March 2021.
Overall, 2,045 parents of children in schools were surveyed. In contrast to the first survey, the sample in the second survey was immediately restricted to parents, and quotas were again used to ensure representativeness along several dimensions including age, gender, state of residence, and education degree. A total of 513 respondents, equivalent to 47 percent of the original parent sample, were successfully recruited to participate again in the second wave. The sample allows to compare respondents’ answers in the first period of school closures and nearly one year later, and hence gain novel insights how individual families and schools adapted to the new realities brought on by the pandemic.
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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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KiCo and JuCo: Surveys of Young People and Parents During the Corona Pandemic
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19KiCo
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Research teams from the Universities of Hildesheim and Frankfurt surveyed parents with children under the age of 15. The measures to contain the corona pandemic have changed the everyday life of many families to a considerable extent. How parents and their children feel about it, what their current well-being is, what characterizes their everyday life, how the fit with the rules of daycare, school opening and also employers are - these are the core questions of the online survey "KiCo", which in the Period from April 24th, 2020 - May 3rd, 2020. Over 25,000 people answered at least 95 percent of the questionnaire in this short time and took a lot of time with it.
JuCo
With the JuCo study, young people and young adults between the ages of 15 and 30 should be reached. It's about subjective assessments in various areas, but also about the collection of objective data such as technical equipment. Questions about the current experience at home and in the family, the handling of contact restrictions and satisfaction with it, and the prepandemic perception along the way were central for the survey. Also the following questions were depicted: What are the living conditions, what existential requirements for mastering the new life situation there is? What worries do young people have, and how do they continue to communicate with friends? Over 5,000 adolescents and young adults answered the questionnaire.
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pairfam COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The pairfam project team initiated an additional study to collect data on the consequences of COVID-19 on family life. This data will enable an examination of the implications of the pandemic on family life, and it can be matched with the regular pairfam data for longitudinal analysis.
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The pairfam COVID-19 survey covers topics such as changes in occupational status and income, division of house work, relationship quality (e.g., intimacy, conflict), wellbeing (e.g., stress, loneliness, depressiveness), parent-child contact in stepfamilies, child schooling and screen time, strain in the parenting role, and family climate. This survey was designed as a computer assisted web interview of 15-minutes length and was scheduled for mid-May to June 2020.
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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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The COPSY-Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The COPSY study examines the effects and consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic on the mental health of children and adolescents in Germany. An additional goal of the COPSY study is to identify influencing factors that promote the mental health of children and adolescents in this crisis situation. From this, recommendations and strategies for prevention and intervention measures are to be derived promoting the mental health of children and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic. In the nationwide COPSY study, an extensive online survey on the mental health of children and adolescents and their families is carried out. A total of 1,000 11 to 17 year old children and adolescents as well as 1,500 parents of 7 to 17 children and adolescents are interviewed. The online questionnaire includes questions about how children deal with the crisis situation, questions about school, friends and family, about psychological problems such as anxiety and depression and about psychosomatic complaints. The family environment, media consumption and eating habits are also examined (in German).
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The COVID-19 School Closure and Math Learning Inequalities in Primary School in the Torino Province (MATGAP)
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The aim of the project "The Covid-19 School Closure and Math Learning Inequalities in Primary School in the Torino Province" (MATGAP) is to measure the effect of the Covid-19 school closures on math skills, among primary school children in grade 3, with special attention to children with a disadvantaged background. Being be the first such evaluation done in Italy, the project will allows to identify the children who have been most affected by the school lockdown.
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The French SAPRIS Project
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The SAPRIS project is a longitudinal general population survey designed to identify the epidemiological and social issues of the coronavirus public health crisis in France. It draws on the national general population cohorts, comprising a total of over 200,000 persons.
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Research focuses include the incidence of COVID-19 symptoms and other health problems; whether or not people seek medical care; risk perception; the effects of infection prevention measures on daily life, social relations, and work; and trust in public and scientific recommendations. The impact of lockdown on children will also be studied, in terms of its effects on parent-child relations and leisure activities, particularly screen use; as well as home schooling conditions and children’s overall well-being in a situation of confinement (in French).
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World Bank Education and COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Education Systems’ Response to COVID-19: school closures related to the COVID-19 pandemic, number of children out of school, and schools reopening monitored by the World Bank Education Team.
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