DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38815
title: Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS): Wave 7, RAPID: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Predictors and Consequences of Compliance with Social Distancing Recommendations, United States, 2020
title: Archival Version

description: This study builds on a 20-year longitudinal investigation of the lives and relationship experiences of a large, diverse sample of young adult women and men interviewed first as adolescents. It focuses on the phenomenon of social distancing.
The COVID-19 survey (online) module and in-depth (phone) interviews with subsamples of compliant and less than compliant respondents has three specific aims: a) identify life course experiences and social influences associated with variability in compliance with social distancing recommendations, b) examine relationship-based dynamics and other contingencies (e.g., economic) linked to compliance decision-making, and particularly factors associated with 'derailments' after initially intending to comply with these guidelines, and c) assess consequences of social distancing for emotional and behavioral health and relationship functioning (e.g., depression, substance use, intimate partner conflict).
The Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS) includes six prior waves of data that were collected in 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, and 2018 through 2020. Please see the ICPSR Series page for available studies.
description: The purpose of the study was to improve public policies and programs about social distancing recommendations. This was fostered by measuring how respondents, as well as their family, romantic partner, and friends, were dealing with the recommendations for social distancing to prevent the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19).
description: Quantitative data was collected from individuals (n=1,304 surviving respondents) via a web-based survey. Qualitative data was also collected from a subset of these respondents (n=50) via a digital voice recorder.
description: TARS Wave 7 (n=815; 251 variables) includes variables in the following categories:


Employment
Government assistance
Finances
Social distancing practices and opinions
COVID-19 guideline practices
Romantic relationship partner
Relationship violence
Household roster
Parenting
Health and risky behavior
Self and behavior
Religion and spirituality
Cohabitation
See the TARS Wave 7 questionnaire (included in study documentation) for more details.
description: Response Rates: The total number of respondents in Wave 7 was 815. This represents an 82.3 percent response rate compared to the previous wave.
description: The sample universe encompassed records elicited from 62 schools across seven school districts in Lucas County, Ohio, a largely urban metropolitan environment that includes Toledo. The stratified, random sample was devised by the National Opinion Research Center (NORC), and includes over-samples of African American and Hispanic adolescents. School attendance was not a requirement for inclusion in the sample.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS): Wave 7, RAPID: The Coronavirus Pandemic: Predictors and Consequences of Compliance with Social Distancing Recommendations, United States, 2020
description: Young adults who were in the 7th, 9th, and 11th grade in Lucas County, Ohio during the 2000-2001 school year. Smallest Geographic Unit: State
description: web-based surveyThis data collection may not be used for any purpose other than statistical reporting and analysis. Use of these data to learn the identity of any person or establishment is prohibited. To protect respondent privacy, the data files in this collection are restricted from general dissemination. To obtain these restricted files, researchers must agree to the terms and conditions of a Restricted Data Use Agreement.Qualitative data are not available as part of the data collection.For additional information on the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS), please visit the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study website.