The first wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 survey<https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8644> is now available to researchers through the UK Data Service.
Its release coincides with the launch of a dedicated UK Data Service COVID-19 theme page<https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/get-data/themes/covid-19/covid-19-data.aspx>, which helps researchers by bringing together information and links to a number of ongoing key COVID-19 studies.
The new Understanding Society COVID-19 survey<https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/research/themes/covid-19> asks thousands of respondents about the impact of the coronavirus on the welfare of UK individuals, families and wider communities. This first wave was fielded in April 2020.
Over 17,450 participants completed the survey in the first month. The second wave of the online survey is currently in the field, and telephone interviews have started for respondents who live in a household where no-one is a regular internet user. Data from the second wave will be available by the end of June.
Researchers can access the new dataset via the UK Data Service<https://beta.ukdataservice.ac.uk/datacatalogue/studies/study?id=8644>. A User Guide<https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/documentation/covid-19/user-guide> is also available to help researchers make the best use of these data.
To highlight some of the features of the dataset, the Understanding Society team is putting together short briefing notes focusing on specific topics. The first briefing note on The Economic Effects of COVID-19 pandemic<https://www.understandingsociety.ac.uk/sites/default/files/downloads/documentation/covid-19/ukhls_briefingnote_covid_economics_final.pdf> is now available to download.
You can read the full UK Data Service news story here.<https://www.ukdataservice.ac.uk/news-and-events/newsitem/?id=5640>
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