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This table lists studies that are currently investigating the impact of COVID-19, the topics they cover and further information from the agencies running them.

Some of these studies are not yet available through the UK Data Service. To keep updated with the latest COVID-19 data releases, please join our mailing list or follow @UKDataService for updates.

The conditions for accessing Special Licence and Secure Access data have also been temporarily changed to allow researchers working at home to continue to use our data. More information on this and the datasets these changes cover is available on our Secure Lab data COVID-19 update web page.

Study name	Topics	Further information
Opinions and Lifestyle Survey – COVID-19 module	diagnosis and symptoms self-isolation impact on life overall impact on work and finances impact on school and university impact on caring responsibilities impact on wellbeing impact on relationships concerns around friends and family purchase of groceries perceptions of the future opinions on the economic situation opinions on and awareness of government guidance opinions on and adherence to stay home guidelines reasons for leaving home hand washing and use of hand sanitiser use and frequency of using tissues working at home spending time at home avoiding contact community spirit life satisfaction, happiness and anxiety ratings loneliness and levels of support caring responsibilities changes in wellbeing home schooling and its impact access to green spaces	ONS Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain Statistical bulletins Access the data from the UK Data Service
SN 8635 ONS Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, Covid-19 Module, 2020: Secure Access	concerns about work concerns about household finances understanding information about Covid-19 actions undertaken to prevent the spread of the virus coping whilst staying at home and community support networks indicators of well-being and loneliness caring responsibilities returning to school or college leaving home modes of transport used problems with companies individual characteristics (e.g., age, gender, health conditions, qualifications, ethnicity, employment, income)	Access the data from the UK Data Service
ONS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK	estimates of people testing positive for the coronavirus (COVID-19) in England	ONS Coronavirus (COVID-19) Infection Survey, UK
COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Cohort Studies: Millennium Cohort Study, Next Steps, 1970 British Cohort Study and 1958 National Child Development Study, 1946 British birth cohort, NSHD.	physical health (including COVID-19) time-use household composition, relationships and caring pregnancy, children, school and childcare housing and financial situation finances and benefits employment (pre- and post- outbreak) education (pre- and post- outbreak) health behaviours social contact and social support loneliness and mental health trust COVID-19 experiences (open text question) linkage to COVID-19 symptom tracker app	UCL’s longitudinal studies to survey thousands about impact of COVID-19 Access the data from the UK Data Service
Understanding Society - COVID-19 Study	coronavirus symptoms and test results management of long-term health conditions caring responsibilities loneliness employment and financial situation home schooling food and alcohol consumption exercise and smoking mental wellbeing	Understanding Society Covid-19 survey web page Access the data from the UK Data Service
Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020: Special Licence Access, Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas	This dataset contains Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) geographic variables for each wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 study A file is provided for each wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 study to date containing the Census 2011 Lower Layer Super Output Areas (LSOA) geographic variable and a personal identification serial number (pidp) for file matching to the main data in SN 8644. There are two types of waves: web waves have a file postfix of _w and telephone waves have a file postfix of _t.	Access the data from the UK Data Service NB: These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence
Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020: Special Licence Access, Local Authority District	This dataset contains Local Authority District geographic variables for the Understanding Society COVID-19 study. A file is provided for each wave of the Understanding Society COVID-19 study to date containing the Local Authority District geographic variable and a personal identification serial number (pidp) for file matching to the main data in SN 8644. There are two types of waves: web waves have a file postfix of _w and telephone waves have a file postfix of _t.	Access the data from the UK Data Service NB: These data have more restrictive access conditions than those available under the standard End User Licence
ONS: Coronavirus and crime in England and Wales: August 2020	Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on crime and people’s perceptions of crime during the April and May 2020 period of national lockdown. Trends in police recorded crime types of crime, crime estimates from the Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW) perception and nature of crime during the coronavirus pandemic public perceptions of police and their response to the coronavirus outbreak children’s negative online experiences	ONS Statistical Bulletin Access the data from ONS
Understanding Society: COVID-19 Study, 2020: Special Licence Access, School Codes	This dataset contains school code variables for the Understanding Society COVID-19 study. Contains state school code, country of state school, private school name and private school town variables for both mother and father responses. A child personal identification serial number (pidp_c) is also provided for matching to the main data in SN 8644.	Access the data from the UK Data Service
ELSA Covid-19 study	experience of COVID-19 symptoms, illness, testing, and hospitalisation of the participant, their household, and people close to them other health issues - new health conditions, access to hospital primary care, and medication mental health - depression, anxiety and wellbeing financial circumstances - changes in income and financial situation, worries and expectations about the future, ability to buy food, receipt of benefits work - changes, risk of infection, job security social connections and isolation - contact with family and friends, quality of relationship with partner, loneliness, internet and tv use, volunteering and caregiving health behaviours - changes in smoking, drinking alcohol, physical activity, eating behaviour, sedentary behaviour, and sleep	ELSA Covid-19 study Access the data from the UK Data Service
Estimating the effects of non-pharmaceutical interventions on COVID-19 in Europe, model fit for Bayesian model 2020	Europe death rates behaviour transmission bayesian modelling	Access the data from the UK Data Service
Quarterly Labour Force Survey NB: This data does not contain questions that specifically address COVID-19 but is a special release in response to the situation - to make Labour Market statistics from this time period available outside of the usual LFS calendar quarters.	work history hours worked earnings (1992+) education health/disability demographics benefit entitlement caring responsbiilities home-working	Access the data from the UK Data Service
ONS Time Use Survey - Coronavirus and how people spent their time under lockdown: 28 March to 26 April 2020	How the general population spent their time under lockdown Unpaid work gap between men and women Changes in time use across different income groups	ONS Statistical Bulletin Dataset (ONS)
SN 8653 Business Impact of COVID-19 Survey, 2020: Secure Access	Impact of COVID on how businesses turnover, workforce, prices, trade and resilience have been affected over a two week reference period	Access the data from the UK Data Service
Listening to Young Lives at Work: COVID-19 Phone Survey, First Call, 2020	information about the household (roster, demographics) knowledge and information about COVID-19 effect on health effect on household labour effects on education effect on caring responsibilities government support subjective well-being	Young Lives phone survey web page Access the data from the UK Data Service
Schools’ Responses to Covid-19: Key Findings from the Wave 1 and 2 Surveys, 2020	Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions Society and culture Educational policy Education Social behaviour and attitudes	National Foundation for Educational Research web page Access the data from the UK Data Service
SN 8689 Welfare at a (Social) Distance, 2020-2021: Wave 1	the UK benefits system during the Covid-19 pandemic Benefits claims Support in claiming benefits Benefits attitudes and stigma Income, financial strain and deprivation Employment/ Unemployment Specific diseases, disorders and medical conditions	Access the data from the UK Data Service
ONS Coronavirus and shielding of clinically extremely vulnerable people in England	Age and gender of those asked to shield Communications received about shielding, Whether following shielding guidance Life satisfaction, impact on mental health and wellbeing Change in health conditions since shielding Personal care received, Support needed and received Employment status, attitude to work, impact on work Welfare benefits Social contact, Frequency and reasons for leaving home	ONS Statistical Bulletin Access the data from ONS
ONS Coronavirus and homeworking in the UK	Whether homeworkers work more or less hours than usual Homeworking for any reason by: sex, age group, region, ethnicity, occupation Homeworking at home due to COVID-19 by: sex, age group, region, ethnicity, occupation	ONS Statistical Bulletin Access the data from ONS
ONS Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society	Impact on business performance Social impacts of COVID-19 VAT reporting, GDP Company dissolutions Online job adverts Online changes in the prices of food and drink High street footfall Road and traffic camera data Shipping data	ONS Statistical Bulletin Access all data from ONS related to Coronavirus and the latest indicators for the UK economy and society Specific datasets: Weekly and daily shipping indicators Online job advert estimates Traffic camera activity Online weekly price changes Economic activity, faster indicators, UK
Telephone Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW). NB: This data does not contain questions that specifically address COVID-19 but is a reformatting of an existing survey in response to the pandemic	crime victimisation fear of crime perception of local area (antisocial behaviour, night-time economy and alcohol disorder) attitudes towards police and criminal justice system The normal face-to-face CSEW was suspended in March 2020 due to the pandemic and from May 2020 this interim telephone survey was launched in its place. It operates as a panel survey, with respondents interviewed every three months. It has a sample size of approximately 3,200 households per month. Not all CSEW questions are included due to time constraints and concerns around respondent safeguarding.	More information in the ONS 'CSEW: update, latest data and findings' slides from the Crime Surveys User Conference 2020
Scottish Victimisation Telephone Survey (SVTS) (Variation on the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS)) NB: This data does not contain questions that specifically address COVID-19 but is a reformatting of an existing survey in response to the pandemic.	Victim form Perceptions of crime Feelings of safety Worry about crime Security consciousness Perceptions of the police The normal face-to-face SCJS was suspended in March 2020 and this interim telephone survey was launched in its place. It’s main aim is to capture victimisation. Interviews ran in September through to October, with 2,654 interviews completed.	More information in the Scottish Government 'Scottish Crime and Justice Survey (SCJS) update' slides from the Crime Surveys User Conference 2020

OTHER COVID-19 DATA PUBLISHERS

Office for National Statistics

Coronavirus (COVID-19) latest data and analysis
Statistical bulletins: Coronavirus and the social impacts on Great Britain, Deaths involving COVID-19 by local area and socioeconomic deprivation
CIS (COVID Infection Survey)
ONS Key workers: population and characteristics, 2019
Coronavirus and crime in England and Wales: August 2020

NHS England

GOV.UK

Welsh Government

Coronavirus (COVID-19) related statistics and research

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Research

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