DOI: 10.5061/dryad.r2280gbk0
title: HEartS Professional Survey: Charting the effects of COVID-19 on working patterns, income, and wellbeing among arts professionals in China (October 2020, August 2021)

description: These data were collected using the HEartS Professional China survey from
 performing arts workers in China in October 2020 and August 2021. HEartS
 Professional China is an adaptation of the HEartS Professional surveys
 which were used in 2020-2021. All the surveys were designed as
 multi-strategy data collection tools with two main purposes: (1) to chart
 working patterns, income, sources of support, and indicators of mental and
 social well-being to identify trends in the effects of the lockdown at the
 time and (2) to explore the individual work and wellbeing experiences of
 performing arts professionals in their own words, to identify the
 subjective effects of lockdown in terms of challenges and opportunities.
 The survey covers six areas: 1) demographics; (2) information on illness
 or self-isolation related to COVID-19; (3) work profiles and income; (4)
 changes to work profiles and income as a result of the pandemic, as well
 as sources of support; (5) open-response questions about work and
 wellbeing experiences of lockdown including challenges and opportunities;
 and (6) validated measures of health, wellbeing, and social connectedness.
 The HEartS Professional surveys are adaptations of the HEartS Survey which
 charts the Health, Economic, and Social impacts of the ARTs
 (https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.3r2280gdj).
description: # HEartS Professional Survey: Charting the effects of COVID-19 on working
 patterns, income, and wellbeing among arts professionals in China (October
 2020, August 2021)
 [https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r2280gbk0](https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.r2280gbk0) ## Description of the data and file structure The sample was recruited through an online data collection platform, Wenjuan.com. Here we include the data set of completed surveys in both phases (N = 500 in each). Note that many variables were redacted to protect participant identity. The survey contains the following sections: 1. Demographic and socioeconomic information: Where available standardised Census questions were used to collect data on ethnicity, geographic region, highest educational qualifications, gender, age, household composition, and income. 2. Illness or self-isolation related to COVID-19: Newly created questions.  3. Work profiles and income: Newly created questions. 4. Changes to work profiles and income as a result of the pandemic and sources of support: Newly created questions and Inclusion of Other in Self Scale. 5. Open-response questions about work and well-being experiences of lockdown, including challenges and opportunities: Newly created questions (NB. data for the open questions are not included for confidentiality reasons). 6. Measures of health, well-being, and social connectedness: The following validated and previously used measures are included  * Mental Health Continuum Short Form 14-item scale * Centre for Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) Short Form 8-item scale * Self-rated General Health item (from SF-36) * Physical activity scale recording mild, moderate, and vigorous physical activity frequency (from Whitehall II Study) Social Connectedness Revised 15-item scale * UCLA Three-item Loneliness Scale, Single-item loneliness question * De Jong Gierveld Loneliness Short Form 6-item scale * 1-item questions on loneliness frequency and loneliness intensity  More information is provided in the Variables tabs in the dataset. ## Sharing/Access information NA ## Code/Software NA