Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) between 10 December 2020 and 10 January 2021, to understand attitudes to coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines between different sub-groups. Includes breakdowns by priority group, age and sex, region, health condition, clinically extremely vulnerable, disability and ethnicity.

Indicators from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Opinions and Lifestyle Survey to understand the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on disabled people in Great Britain.

Data from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey on weekly estimates of the proportion of adults self-isolating due to coronavirus (COVID-19) since Jan 2021, and reasons for self-isolating in the latest period (18 to 22 August 2021).

Dataset from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) on the likelihood of children aged between 12 and 15 years receiving a coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine.

Data from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) on the likelihood to go to an organised event if required to wear a face covering or socially distance, covering the period 6 to 16 January 2022.

Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (COVID-19 module), 3 to 14 November 2021

Indicators from the OPN to understand the impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on people, households and communities in each of the countries and regions of Great Britain. This dataset contains selected further breakdowns of results by personal characteristics including age, sex and household structure.

Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey on the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on young people in Great Britain.

United Kingdom % of Adults: Worried About The Effect of CO-19 on Their Current Life data was reported at 14.000 % in 05 Feb 2023. This records a decrease from the previous number of 19.000 % for 08 Jan 2023. United Kingdom % of Adults: Worried About The Effect of CO-19 on Their Current Life data is updated weekly, averaging 59.500 % from Mar 2020 (Median) to 05 Feb 2023, with 104 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 86.000 % in 29 Mar 2020 and a record low of 14.000 % in 05 Feb 2023. United Kingdom % of Adults: Worried About The Effect of CO-19 on Their Current Life data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.H093: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: Social Impacts of COVID-19 on Great Britain (Discontinued). The series shows the percentage of adults who are very or somewhat worried about the effect of COVID-19 on their life right now. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

Data from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) on whether or not people feel they have enough information about coronavirus (COVID-19).

United Kingdom % of Adults: Whose Wellbeing is Being Affected by COVID-19 data was reported at 28.000 % in 27 Mar 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 29.000 % for 13 Mar 2022. United Kingdom % of Adults: Whose Wellbeing is Being Affected by COVID-19 data is updated weekly, averaging 43.000 % from Apr 2020 (Median) to 27 Mar 2022, with 85 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 57.000 % in 21 Feb 2021 and a record low of 28.000 % in 27 Mar 2022. United Kingdom % of Adults: Whose Wellbeing is Being Affected by COVID-19 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.H093: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: Social Impacts of COVID-19 on Great Britain (Discontinued).

Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey covering the period 28 April to 3 May 2021 to understand current attitudes of adults in Great Britain to attending events compared to before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Indicators are available broken down by age, sex, region, ethnicity, disability status, clinical extremely vulnerable status and vaccination status.

Indicators from the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey (OPN) measuring the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic on people and their plans over the Christmas period. Includes breakdowns by age, sex, region and country.

Estimates to understand the potential impact of long COVID on adults in Great Britain between April and June 2021, including estimates by age, sex, disability, and deprivation. Analysis based on the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey.

According to a survey carried out in Great Britain in March 2020, 78 percent of respondents said they have now made it a habit to frequently wash hands/for longer in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Additionally, 69 percent of respondents said they have started social distancing (e.g. no handshakes and keeping a distance), while a further 68 percent were avoiding all non essential social contact. For further information about the coronavirus pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page.

United Kingdom % of Adults: Avoided Physical Contact With Older People: Past 7 Days data was reported at 22.000 % in 11 Sep 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 35.000 % for 17 Jul 2022. United Kingdom % of Adults: Avoided Physical Contact With Older People: Past 7 Days data is updated weekly, averaging 75.500 % from Mar 2020 (Median) to 11 Sep 2022, with 84 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 93.000 % in 12 Apr 2020 and a record low of 22.000 % in 11 Sep 2022. United Kingdom % of Adults: Avoided Physical Contact With Older People: Past 7 Days data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Office for National Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United Kingdom – Table UK.H093: Opinions and Lifestyle Survey: Social Impacts of COVID-19 on Great Britain (Discontinued). The series shows the percentage of adults who have avoided physical contact with older or vulnerable adults in the past 7 days. [COVID-19-IMPACT]

This dataset pertains to a research project investigating the social, cultural, and economic consequences of COVID19 on independent arts workers, specifically in the theatre sector, across England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. The project recognised the unique vulnerability of this workforce in dealing with the impact of COVID19. Their workplaces closed overnight and their sector transformed as theatres moved to digital delivery, and their employment status (freelance) made them ineligible for the UK government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme. The motivation of the project was to understand: the employment experiences of this workforce during the first 18 months of the pandemic; how the pandemic affected their planning for the future; how the pandemic changed their creative practices and skills; what impact government and sectoral policy had on the workforce; and to find strategies for government and industry to support this precarious workforce.

This data collection includes survey responses (n=397) to an online survey which ran from 23/11/2020 to 19/03/2021, and a database of policy events covering the period from the onset of the pandemic until 27/5/2022 (n=1353). This collection contains the survey data. The survey was run through the JISC surveys platform. It had 34 questions collecting a mixture of qualitative and quantitative data. Freeform text responses were alternated with multiple choice, multi-option and Likert scale. The survey captured data on theatre freelancers employment, emotional, and cultural experiences, the region(s) and setting(s) where they worked, and their age, gender identity, race, occupation(s).

COVID-19 threatens the performing arts; closures of theatres and outlawing of public gatherings have proven financially devastating to the industry across the United Kingdom and, indeed, the world. The pandemic has sparked a wide range of industry-led strategies designed to alleviate financial consequences and improve audience capture amidst social distancing. COVID-19 has affected all levels of the sector but poses an existential threat to freelancers--Independent Arts Workers (IAWs)--who make up 60% of industry workforce in the UK (EU Labour Force Survey 2017). The crisis has put a spotlight on the vulnerable working conditions, economic sustainability, mental wellbeing, and community support networks of IAWs. IAWs are often overlooked by the industry and researchers, however it is their very precarity that makes them pioneers of adaptability responsible for key innovation within the sector. IAWs may prove essential for the industry's regrowth post-COVID-19. An investigation is necessary into the impact of COVID-19 on IAWs and the wide-ranging creative solutions developing within the industry to overcome them.

There has been increasing pressure to gather 'robust, real-time data' to investigate the financial, cultural, and social potential long-term consequences of COVID-19 on the UK theatre industry. The impact of the pandemic on IAWs is particularly complex and wide-ranging. A TRG Arts survey stated that 60% of IAWs predict their income will 'more than halve in 2020' while 50% have had 100% of their work cancelled. Industry researchers from TRG Arts and Theatres Trust have launched investigations examining the financial impact of COVID-19 on commercial venues and National Portfolio Organisations, but there has been insufficient research into the consequences for IAWs (eg. actors, directors, producers, writers, theatre makers, technicians) and the smaller SMEs beyond income loss and project cancellation data. In May 2020, Vicky Featherstone of the Royal Court Theatre, stated the importance of support for the 'massive freelance and self-employed workforce' she believed has been 'taken for granted' by the industry. Our study fills this gap by capturing and analysing not only the economic impact, but the social and cultural transformations caused by COVID-19 by and for IAWs. We will compare regional responses across England, Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland as well as variations across racial and socio-economic groups. Our aims are to document and investigate the impact of COVID-19 on IAWs, identify inequalities in the sector, investigate changes in the type of work produced post-COVID-19, and help develop strategies for how the sector can move forward from this crisis. We will investigate connections between the financial consequences of COVID-19 and creative strategies for industry survival including social support networks, communication initiatives between arts venues and IAWs, and the development of mixed-media work in the wake of the pandemic. Our study scrutinizes the economic, cultural, and social impact of COVID-19 on IAWs and the organisations that serve them with the aim of informing strategies for sector recovery.

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The UCL COVID-19 Social Study at University College London (UCL) was launched on 21 March 2020. Led by Dr Daisy Fancourt and Professor Andrew Steptoe from the Department of Behavioural Science and Health, the team designed the study to track in real-time the psychological and social impact of the virus across the UK.

The study quickly became the largest in the country, growing to over 70,000 participants and providing rare and privileged insight into the effects of the pandemic on people’s daily lives. Through our participants’ remarkable two-year commitment to the study, 1.2 million surveys were collected over 105 weeks, and over 100 scientific papers and 44 public reports were published.

During COVID-19, population mental health has been affected both by the intensity of the pandemic (cases and death rates), but also by lockdowns and restrictions themselves. Worsening mental health coincided with higher rates of COVID-19, tighter restrictions, and the weeks leading up to lockdowns. Mental health then generally improved during lockdowns and most people were able to adapt and manage their well-being. However, a significant proportion of the population suffered disproportionately to the rest, and stay-at-home orders harmed those who were already financially, socially, or medically vulnerable. Socioeconomic factors, including low SEP, low income, and low educational attainment, continued to be associated with worse experiences of the pandemic. Outcomes for these groups were worse throughout many measures including mental health and wellbeing; financial struggles;self-harm and suicide risk; risk of contracting COVID-19 and developing long Covid; and vaccine resistance and hesitancy. These inequalities existed before the pandemic and were further exacerbated by COVID-19, and such groups remain particularly vulnerable to the future effects of the pandemic and other national crises.

Further information, including reports and publications, can be found on the UCL COVID-19 Social Study website.

The study asked baseline questions on the following:

• Demographics, including year of birth, sex, ethnicity, relationship status, country of dwelling, urban/rural dwelling, type of accommodation, housing tenure, number of adults and children in the household, household income, education, employment status, pet ownership, and personality.
• Health and health behaviours, including pre-existing physical health conditions, diagnosed mental health conditions, pregnancy, smoking, alcohol consumption, physical activity, caring responsibilities, usual social behaviours, and social network size.

It also asked repeated questions at every wave on the following:

• COVID-19 status, including whether the respondent had had COVID-19, whether they had come into likely contact with COVID-19, current isolation status and motivations for isolation, length of isolation, length of time not leaving the home, length of time not contacting others, trust in government, trust in the health service, adherence to health advice, and experience of adverse events due to COVID-19 (including severe illness within the family, bereavement, redundancy, or financial difficulties).
• Mental health, including wellbeing, depression, anxiety, which factors were causing stress, sleep quality, loneliness, social isolation, and changes in health behaviours such as smoking, drinking and exercise.
• How people were spending their time whilst in isolation, including questions on working, functional household activities, care, and schooling of any children in the household, hobbies, and relaxation.

Certain waves of the study also included one-off modules on topics including volunteering behaviours, locus of control, frustrations and expectations, coping styles, fear of COVID-19, resilience, arts and creative engagement, life events, weight, gambling behaviours, mental health diagnosis, use of financial support, faith and religion, relationships, neighbourhood satisfaction, healthcare usage, discrimination experiences, life changes, optimism, long COVID and COVID-19 vaccination.