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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American Life Panel Survey on Impacts of COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A survey fielded through the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) to assess the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on individuals and households across a variety of topics. Three times per year, all panel members are asked to complete a survey that contains demographic information and questions about their employment status, household composition, health status, well-being, and health insurance.
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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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Austrian COVID-19 Open Data Information Hub
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Dashboard, statistics and afficial data from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Social Affairs, Health, Care and Consumer Protection, with applications, visualizations, and further European and international resources and initiatives on trustworthy open data on COVID-19 (in German).
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Central Asia Barometer Survey Wave 10
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey features data from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan. The survey includes data gathered from respondent’s opinions on social issues, international relations, economics, COVID 19, and many other important topics.
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Public Health includes concerns about COVID-19, trust for government source information about COVID-19, governmental measures and restrictions, resources to fight COVID-19, the country best able to provide aid to fight COVID-19, readiness to take a COVID-19 vaccine, preferences over COVID-19 vaccine.
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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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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 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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Cuebiq COVID-19 Mobility Insights
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Cuebiq makes its anonymized mobility data and data expertise available to trusted researchers of COVID-19 to study aggregate human mobility patterns as COVID-19 spreads, the secondary impacts of the disease and health interventions, and to model the possible spread of the disease based on historic mobility patterns.
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data.world COVID-19 Data Resource Hub
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19data.world, a platform for data that enables users to post, search, and collaborate on data sets on a trusted, large and meaningful scale.
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ELSA COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The ELSA COVID-19 assessment protocol combines new COVID-19 questions with measures used in previous ELSA waves of data collection as detailed below. The study has also been collaborating with the Wellcome Trust initiative coordinating questionnaire content across other longitudinal studies, and with international colleagues who run longitudinal ageing studies similar to ELSA.
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EUROFOUND Living, Working and COVID-19 Data
Open Access Full Texts Related to COVID-19Eurofound's e-survey, Living, working and COVID-19, to captures the most immediate changes during the pandemic and their impact, with the aim of helping to shape the response to this crisis. The survey looks at quality of life and well-being, with questions ranging from life satisfaction, happiness and optimism, to health and levels of trust in institutions. Respondents are also asked about their work situation, their work–life balance and level of teleworking during COVID-19. The survey also assesses the impact of the pandemic on people’s living conditions and financial situation.
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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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GESIS Panel and Initiatives on COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The GESIS Panel offers researchers the opportunity to collect survey data on the current outbreak of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Germany via a fast-track procedure. Also, GESIS Panel special survey on the COVID-19 outbreak in Germany, and the planned GESIS Panel standard/extended version: longitudinal data on the COVID-19 outbreak in Germany.
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Global COVID-19 Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Global COVID-19 Survey is being used for tracking, monitoring, and analyzing global socio-behavioral trends to inform the COVID-19 global response. The study is done by the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Humanitarian Initiative. The purpose of this research is to analyze socio-behavioral aspects of outbreak control. The research will be used to inform national, regional and global health communication strategies and better inform response efforts. Participation in the online survey is voluntary.
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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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Imperial College London YouGov Covid-19 Behavior Tracker Data Hub
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19YouGov has partnered with the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London to gather global insights on people’s behaviors in response to COVID-19. The research covers 29 countries, interviewing around 21,000 people each week.
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It is designed to provide behavioural analysis on how different populations are responding to the pandemic, helping public health bodies in their efforts to limit the impact of the disease. Anonymised respondent level data will be available for all public health and academic institutions globally.
The questions in the survey, led by IGHI, cover data on testing, symptoms, self-isolating in response to symptoms and the ability and willingness to self-isolate if needed. It also looks at behaviors, including going outdoors, working outside the home, contact with others, hand washing and the extent of compliance with 20 common preventative measures.
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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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LISS Panel
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19To analyze changes in work arrangements, behaviors, beliefs and expectations dur-ing the COVID-19 crisis economists from the University of Bonn, IZA and the University of Tilburg surveyed around 5,500 individuals in the Netherlands from March 20-31. The researchers compared work arrangements at the onset of the crisis and shortly after social-distancing policies were implemented.
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Drivers of Working Hours and Household Income Dynamics during the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case of the Netherlands
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Job Search during a Pandemic Recession: Survey Evidence from the Netherlands
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Labour Supply during Lockdown and a "New Normal": The Case of the Netherlands
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Labour Supply in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Empirical Evidence on Hours, Home Office, and Expectations
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The COVID-19 Pandemic and Mental Health: Disentangling Crucial Channels
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OpenSAFELY
Technological DevelopmentOpenSAFELY is a new secure analytics platform for electronic health records in the UK NHS, created to deliver urgent results during the global COVID-19 emergency. It is now successfully delivering analyses across more than 24 million patients’ full pseudonymised primary care NHS records. All analytic software is open for security review, scientific review, and re-use. OpenSAFELY uses a new model for enhanced security and timely access to data: no transport large volumes of potentially disclosive pseudonymised patient data outside of the secure environments managed by the electronic health record software company; instead, trusted analysts can run large scale computation across near real-time pseudonymised patient records inside the data centre of the electronic health records software company.
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Perceptions of the Adult US Population Regarding the Novel Coronavirus Outbreak
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19Data were collected using an online survey in early February 2020. Researchers asked participants to rank who they felt should lead the US response to COVID-19. Options included the President, Congress, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Director for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). In addition, participants completed a perceived risk scale which had 10 survey-items. Participants were also asked about their support for restrictive infection prevention policies and the reliability of various sources of information.
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The sample consisted of 718 adults and was similar to the US population in terms of age, gender, race, ethnicity, and education. The findings may be influenced by possible selection bias because participants needed a CloudResearch account and access to smartphone/computer to participate.
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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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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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The Global Covid-19 Student Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Global COVID-19 Student Survey aims to provide data on a population that has been profoundly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic: university students. The survey asks current students: how their educational experiences have been affected in spring 2020, how their housing situation has changed and potentially affected their studies, what their intentions are for study in Fall 2020, how their job market prospects have changed as a result of the pandemic, how their expectations about future job market success and job priorities have changed, what are their perceptions of the pandemic are and their preferences over risk, time, and trust.
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The Life with Corona Survey
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The Life with Corona survey is a global online survey launched on 23 March 2020. The questionnaire covers three broad research areas — livelihoods and well-being; norms, trust and politics; and public health and pandemic exposure — as well as basic socioeconomic information on respondents. The survey was initially launched in German and English, and has now been translated into 21 additional languages. Using online snowball sampling, people from around the world participated in the survey by visiting the survey platform and completing the questionnaire. The data will be made available for academic non-profit analyses. (IZA DP 13386)
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Trust in the Time of Corona
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Trustlab OECD Initiative
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The survey is part of the Trustlab initiative conducted in the United States. This initiative combines largescale incentivized economic experiments with a survey on a broad range of questions on the determinants of trust. The data collection of the second wave of the Trustlab started on the 12th of June 2020, at a time when Corona cases and deaths in the U.S. were quickly growing and was completed on the 7th of September in the same year. The questionnaire of this second wave of the Trustlab captured a set of questions related to the COVID-19 pandemic which constitute our main variables of interest, ranging from self-reported (protective) behavior over worries about the spread in the local community to opinions about the political management of the crisis. The sample contains 1,120 participants and is broadly representative of the U.S. working-age population in terms of age, gender, and income.
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University College London (UCL) COVID-19 Social Study
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The UCL COVID-19 Social Study is a large panel study of the psychological and social experiences of over 75,000 adults (aged 18+) in the UK during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study commenced on 21st March 2020 and involves online weekly data collection from participants for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK. The study is not random and therefore is not representative of the UK population. But it does contain a well-stratified sample that was recruited using three primary approaches. First, snowballing was used, including promoting the study through existing networks and mailing lists (including large databases of adults who had previously consented to be involved in health research across the UK), print and digital media coverage, and social media. Second, more targeted recruitment was undertaken focusing on (i) individuals from a low-income background, (ii) individuals with no or few educational qualifications, and (iii) individuals who were unemployed. Third, the study was promoted via partnerships with third sector organizations to vulnerable groups, including adults with pre-existing mental health conditions, older adults, carers, and people experiencing domestic violence or abuse. The study was approved by the UCL Research Ethics Committee [12467/005] and all participants gave informed consent.
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WHO Tool for Behavioural Insights on COVID-19
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19A WHO tool for rapid, flexible and cost-effective monitoring of public knowledge, risk perceptions, behaviours and trust is now available to countries in the WHO European Region to make their COVID-19-related response relevant and actionable.
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World Happiness Report 2021
Open Data and Surveys Related to COVID-19The World Happiness Report 2021 focuses on the effects of COVID-19 and how people all over the world have fared. The report's focus is on the effects of COVID-19 on the structure and quality of people’s lives, and second to describe and evaluate how governments all over the world have dealt with the pandemic.
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