Survey Name:

Social Impact of COVID-19 Survey June 2020 A Snapshot of Experiences and Expectations in a Pandemic
Social Impact of COVID-19 Survey June 2020 Measuring Comfort Levels around the Easing of Restrictions

Survey purpose:

The Social Impact of COVID-19 survey was undertaken to measure the impact COVID-19 has had on Irish society in June 2020. This survey includes such topics as concerns about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, compliance with official COVID-19 advice, changes in weight, personal concerns, spending, working life since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

Legislative Basis National:

Not applicable

Legislative Basis European:

Not applicable

Periodicity:

Ad hoc

Statistical Population:

All individuals aged 18 years and over living in private households in Ireland. The original Labour Force Survey (LFS) sample from which this sample was selected was based on Census 2011 data.

Sampling Frame:

The sampling frame consisted of respondents aged 18 years that had participated in the LFS commencing Q1 2019 and households sampled from the Ordinarily Resident Frame (ORF). Email details from the LFS were collected from respondents aged under 75 years. Contact details for the ORF frame are compiled from Administrative Data Sources.

Reference Area:

State of Ireland

Time Coverage:

June 2020

Base Period:

Sector Coverage:

Survey Size:

1,693

Principal Variables:

Concerns about the easing of COVID-19 restrictions, compliance with official COVID-19 advice, changes in weight, personal concerns, spending, working life since the onset of the COVID-19 crisis.

Principal External Users:

Government Departments, other non-governmental organisations, researchers.

Contact Organisation:

Central Statistics Office

Business Area:

Social & Demographic Statistics

Contact Person:

Brian Cahill and Eva O'Regan

Contact Person Function:

Statistician

Other Business Area Specialists:

Contact email:

ICW@CSO.ie

Contact phone number:

(+353) 21 453 5000