Covid-19 Living and Working in Coronavirus Times - Data Collection Overview

General Database Information

Full name	Living and Working in Coronavirus Times
Aims	This survey aims to monitor work-related issues of the COVID-19 pandemic worldwide, focusing on how one's work is affected, whether the workload has increased or decreased, whether one's job/work/assignments has been lost, whether one works from home, and what precautionary measures have been taken at the workplace.
Data used for...	research data visuals
Countries covered	Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Section per Country
Languages	All national languages for the covered countries.
Data collection method	Online surveys
Data time frame	March 2020 - March 2024
Data updating policy	Ongoing
Sampling Frame	Recruitment via national WageIndicator websites and via Facebook and other social media outreach.
Nr. of Observations	Over 20,000 survey intakes

Data archive	Interested in the dataset for research purposes? Please reach out to the WageIndicator team via helpdesk@wageindicator.org
DOI code	DOI: 10.15185/wif.corona.1
Data visuals	Data Visuals at WageIndicator
Codebook/Manual	WageIndicator Foundation (2020). Survey of Living and Working in Coronavirus Times. Codebook and Explanatory Note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation.
Long list variables used	Region, occupation
Formats	Stata
Citation	WageIndicator Survey of Living and Working in Coronavirus Times PUBLICATION de Pedraza, P., Suárez Álvarez, A., & Vicente, M. R. (2025). How much is it about the money? Using facebook to promote a web survey during the COVID-19 pandemic and estimating average response-returns on ad-investments. International Journal of Market Research, 67(1), 77-95. https://doi.org/10.1177/14707853241292526

Ethical letter EC 20200404020420 Corona Impact Survey