Living and Working in Times of COVID-19

Duration

March 15, 2020 till …

Target group

People around the world

Location

Global - 134 countries, 38 languages

Funder

WageIndicator Foundation organizes this global research effort together associated researchers, web masters and translators through its network. All contributions to make this survey possible, to operate it and to disseminate results through its many websites are for free.

WageIndicator Foundation surveys people globally to understand COVID-19's impact on jobs and living conditions, updating maps and graphs daily.

Title	Living and Working in Corona virus Times
Initiative	WageIndicator Foundation organizes this global research effort together with associated researchers, web masters and translators through its network. All contributions to make this survey possible, to operate it and to disseminate results through its many websites are for free.
Language	38 Languages
Duration	Start March 15, Online March 24, 2020 - ongoing
Goal	Collect data and publish daily updated maps and graphs on Living and Working in Times of the Coronavirus.
Description	WageIndicator is surveying/ interviewing people around the world to discover what makes the Coronavirus lock down easier (or tougher), and what is the COVID-19 effect on our jobs, lives and mood. The results are shown in maps and graphs for 134 countries, updated on a daily basis. The Corona-survey addresses not only changing working conditions and circumstances, it also covers aspects such as the development of the corona-disease given manifest symptoms in individual cases, living and working space at home, family composition, and the impact pets may have on our moods in times of confinement.
Countries in action	134 Countries - Surveys to all countries
Partners	WageIndicator Foundation and associated Research partners
Key actors	WageIndicator Corona Team. All contributions from team members (and many more) to make this survey possible, to operate it and to disseminate results through its many websites are for free.
Websites	Wageindicator.org, see example in South Africa. Launch by March 31, 134 countries.
Applications/Tools	WageIndicator Living and Working in Corona Times Survey
Data Visual	Maps - Online by March 25, 2020, Graphs - Online by March 25, 2020
Videos	Check WageIndicator Foundation Youtube playlist Covid - 19, for all videos in all languages
Publications	WageIndicator Foundation (2020) Survey of Living and Working in Coronavirus Times. Codebook and Explanatory Note. Amsterdam, WageIndicator Foundation, March 30 Download(3th update - April 16, 2020) de Pedraza, P., Guzi, M. & Tijdens, K.G. (2020). Life Dissatisfaction and Anxiety in COVID-19 pandemic. EUR 30243 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2020, ISBN 978-92-76-19341-8, doi:10.2760/755327, JRC120822. Witteveen, D. & Velthorst, E. (2020). Economic hardship and mental health complaints during COVID-19. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(44), 27277-27284; DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2009609117 de Pedraza, P. & Vicente, M.R. (2021). Are Spaniards happier when the bars are open? Using life satisfaction to evaluate COVID-19 non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs). International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health,18, 10056. https:// doi.org/10.3390/ijerph181910056 Steinmetz, S., Tijdens, K., de Pedraza,P., & Besamusca, J. (2021). The consequences of the implemented COVID-19 measures on gender-specific labour market inequalities: A global perspective. Presentation for the ILO's "7th Conference of the Regulating for Decent Work Network 6-9 July 2021". 7th July 2021. Witteveen, D. & de Pedraza, P. (2021). The Roles of General Health and COVID-19 Proximity in Contact Tracing App Usage: Cross-sectional Survey Study. JMIR Public Health Surveillance 2021, 7(8):e27892. DOI: 10.2196/27892
Stories	April 27, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: One in three afraid of less income next month - while having less work already May 2, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Anxiety about income loss hits casual workers and the self-employed May 10, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Corona-free countries pay a heavy economic price regardless May 18, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Working parents feel more depressed because of corona than childless workers May 31, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Heavy job losses in Gulf states, North Africa and Central America in May June 12, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Young workers report more job losses June 21, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey : Among health care professionals, women above 30 are the most vulnerable June 28, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey : Employees highly privileged since the outbreak of the corona crisis July 8, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: Return to work in Europe and Latin America, but Increase of risky situations on the job reported from the UK, Brazil and Chile July 19, 2020 - Highlights of WageIndicator Living and Working in Coronavirus Times Survey: South Africa in lockdown for second time: 20 % reported job loss
Data	The data of the survey "Living and Working in Coronavirus Times" is free available for non-commercial research at the IDSC Research Data Center of IZA - Institute of Labor Economics. Check this page. And check IZA Data Resources on Covid - 19 Pandemic
WPRN	The survey is registered at the World Pandemic Research Network (WPRN), see https://wprn.org/item/417152
BBMRI-NL	The survey is featured in the COVID-19 Network of the BBMRI-NL Catalogue
DOI code	https://dx.doi.org/10.15185/wif.corona.1

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