"The COVID-19 web survey began fielding on March 13, 2020 with daily random samples of U.S. adults, aged 18 and older who are members of the Gallup Panel. Approximately 1,200 daily completes were collected from March 13 through April 26, 2020. From April 27 to August 16, 2020 approximately 500 daily completes are being collected. Starting August 17, 2020, the survey moved from daily surveying to a survey conducted one time per month over a two week field period (typically the last two weeks of the month). Beginning in 2022, the COVID survey moved to quarterly data collection." - from the 'Methodology and Codebook' document updated May 31, 2022. The dataset is available in Stata and SPSS formats; both are bundled with the 'Methodology and Codebook' in PDF format as a single ZIP file available for downloading here. Also included are the Wellbeing Panel Survey data in SPSS and Stata formats. Please note: There is a delay between the latest survey round being concluded and AU Library receiving the files - for example, the Aug. 2021 update included the dataset for surveys conducted from March 2020-June 2021.

Abstract

The COVID-19 web survey has been utilized to track American attitudes on topics related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including well-being. The survey began fielding on March 13, 2020, with daily random samples of U.S. adults, aged 18 and older, who are members of the Gallup Panel. Approximately 1,200 daily completes were collected from March 13 through April 26, 2020. From April 27 to August 16, 2020, approximately 500 daily completes were collected. Starting August 17, 2020, the survey moved from daily surveying to a survey conducted one time per month over a two-week field period (typically the last two weeks of the month). Beginning in 2022, the COVID survey moved to quarterly data collection.

The Gallup Panel COVID-19 Survey table includes survey responses from March 2020 through Q1 2023. Starting in Q2 2023, the original COVID-19 survey was narrowed down to serve as a wellbeing-focused survey (see Gallup Panel Wellbeing Survey table).

Methodology

Results for this Gallup poll are based on self-administered web surveys conducted with a random sample of U.S. adults aged 18 and older, who are members of the Gallup Panel. The survey was conducted in English. Individuals without Internet access were not covered by this study.

The Gallup Panel is a probability-based, nationally representative panel of U.S. adults. Members are randomly selected using random-digit-dial phone interviews that cover landline and cellphones and address-based sampling methods. The Gallup Panel is not an opt-in panel.

Gallup weights the obtained samples each day to adjust for the probability of select and to correct for nonresponse bias. Nonresponse adjustments are made by adjusting the sample to match the national demographics of gender, age, race, Hispanic ethnicity, education and region. Demographic weighting targets are based on the most recent Current Population Survey figures for the aged-18-and-older U.S. population. Respondents receive a small post-paid incentive of $1 incentive for completing the survey.

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