DOI: 10.3886/icpsr38736.v1
title: COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Wave 1 General Population, United States, 2020-2021
title: Version 1

description: In the context of COVID-19, RAND and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation have partnered to
build from the National Survey of Health Attitudes to implement a longitudinal survey to
understand how health views and values have been affected by the experience of the
pandemic, with particular focus on populations deemed vulnerable or underserved, including
people of color and those from low-to moderate-income backgrounds.Questions in this COVID-19 survey focused specifically
on experiences related to the pandemic (e.g., financial, physical, emotional),
how respondents viewed the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic, whether
and how respondents' views and priorities regarding health actions and
investments are changing (including the roles of government and the private
sector), and how general values about such issues as freedom and racism may be
related to pandemic views and response expectations.This study
includes the results for Wave 1 for the general population.Demographic information includes sex, marital status, household size, race and ethnicity, family income, employment status, age, and census region.
description: The objectives of this
survey were:
1. To understand the experience of COVID-19, with particular focus on underserved
populations, especially in terms of income and race and ethnicity
2. To examine how these populations may be thinking about COVID-19 in the context of
health mindset and expectations, the role of government versus the private sector, and
health equity and to explore how this thinking evolves as communities continue to
experience impacts but also recover
3. To identify, over time, whether American views about health and health equity have
evolved and, in short, assess whether the progress toward a Culture of Health has evolved
(e.g., greater understanding of what influences health, the existence of health inequities,
the willingness and action to engage civically for health).
description: Data were collected via the RAND American Life Panel (ALP) and the KnowledgePanel (administered by Ipsos). Both are nationally representative internet panels recruited via probability-based sampling methods. Both provide computers and internet connections for respondents who do not already have them. Both surveys were fielded from June 29 through July 22, 2020. The two
survey efforts combined resulted in a final total sample of 5,164 completed surveys: 1,098 from
the ALP and 4,066 from the KnowledgePanel.
description: To make the sample
representative of the selected population (or the overall population),
the principal investigator used weighting, a statistical adjustment.
To create weights to match the distribution of characteristics in the
sample as
closely as possible to that of the population from the 2019 Current
Population
Survey (CPS), a raking algorithm was used, following the methods
described in Deming
(1943) and Deville, Särndal, and Sautory (1993). The aim was to match
population
proportions on interactions of gender and race and ethnicity, gender and
education, and gender and age and household income interacted with
household
size.
description: Response Rates: 80.4%
description: Respondents for the RAND American Life Panel were recruited using probability-based
methods (such as Address Based Sampling and Random Digit Dialing).

This survey was conducted in two parts. The first part is included in a longer and larger survey of underserved populations.
In this survey respondents who were Black, Hispanic, or Asian in the ALP were oversampled. The
ALP sample limited White individuals to those with household incomes under
$125,000 but imposed no income limits on Black, Hispanic, or Asian respondents.

In addition to the data described above, data from respondents
of higher income was collected. This group included panelists with incomes between $75,000
and $125,000 who were randomly not selected for the COVID-19 and the Experiences
of Populations at Greater Risk Survey and all panelists with incomes over
$125,000.
description: Datasets: 
DS1: COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Wave 1 General Population, United States, 2020-2021
description: Adult population of the United States. Smallest Geographic Unit: Census region
description: web-based surveyRespondents can be linked across all four waves using the <strong> RANDID </strong> variable.For more information, please visit the study report page on the RAND Corporation website.