Socioeconomic Impact of COVID-19 Survey: United States

United States Survey

 A full description of the survey methodology is available here.

The Socioeconomic Impacts of COVID-19 Survey in the U.S. was designed to accomplish the following objectives:

• Measure the social and economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic;
• Assess how households are engaging with public- and employer-based programs that aim to mitigate the far-reaching impacts of COVID-19;
• Understand how the impacts of COVID-19 and the effects of COVID-19-associated policy responses differ based on key household characteristics such as race/ethnicity, geography, family status, and income.

The survey was administered with oversight from an advisory committee with representation and experts from the field. Wave 2 of the survey was translated and distributed in English and Spanish. The survey have been distributed to approximately 5,500 respondents from all 50 U.S. states during the following months:

• Wave 1: Late-April to mid-May
• Wave 2: Late-August to early-September
• Wave 3: November-December

• Wave 4:  February to March, 2021
• Wave 5: Launched May 2021

The survey is internet-based and fielded through Qualtrics and includes 200 questions. Questions cover demographics, employment, gig employment, assets, debt, financial status, well-being, food security, housing and other hardships, health, COVID-19 symptoms, perspectives about the pandemic, social benefits during COVID-19, and education.

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