COVID-19 Barometer 2020

Topics of the survey

• General
• Information behavior
• Impact on everyday life
• Financial impact
• Attitudes

• Method: Online Survey
• Survey name: Statista Survey "COVID-19 Barometer 2020"
• Regions: China, Germany, United Kingdom, United States
• Number of respondents: 25,675
• Age of respondents: 18 years and older
• Survey time period: March 23 to May 31, 2020

General

• The following questionnaire is about the COVID-19 / Corona pandemic and its effects on your country, how you feel towards it, understand it and how your country has responded to it. Please answer with your own opinion and as honestly as you can.In general, how worried or not are you about the COVID-19 / Corona pandemic? Please use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is not worried at all and 10 is extremely worried
• What are your main worries or concerns about the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic?
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[The European Union]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Your National Government]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Your local Government]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Emergency Services (police, fire, ambulance etc)]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Hospitals]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Local medical practices]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[The media]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following:[Fellow citizens]
• How satisfied or dissatisfied are you with the response to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic by the following: [...]Top-2 ("satisfied", "very satisfied")

Information behavior

• Which of the following aspects of the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, do you feel you need more information on?
• What sources do you actively use to keep informed about the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic?

Impact on everyday life

• How severely or not has the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic impacted your everyday life? Please use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is no impact at all and 10 is severely impacted.
• How many people did you have contact with yesterday?By contact we mean a personal interaction with a distance of less than 2 meters and a duration of 15 minutes or more.
• And how many of these people have you not had contact with during 7 days prior to yesterday? By contact we mean a personal interaction with a distance of less than 2 meters and a duration of 15 minutes or more.
• Thinking about your everyday life, since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you made any changes to your general lifestyle?
• Since staying at home, which of the following have you done more of:
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you done or experienced any of the following:
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, has anyone you know done or experienced any of the following:

Financial impact

• How severely or not has the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic impacted your personal finances?Please use a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 is no impact at all and 10 is severely impacted.
• Have you lost any income due to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic?
• Thinking about what you earned on average a month, before the COVID-19 / Corona pandemic, what percentage of income have you lost over the past 4 weeks due to its impact?
• As you have lost income, are you receiving any financial support from your government due to the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic?
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Childcare]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Clothing]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Consumer electronics, household appliances, furniture]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Food and drinks (e.g. shopping, takeaways, delivery)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Going out (e.g. restaurants, cinemas, pubs / bars)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Health and hygiene (e.g. medicine, hand sanitizer)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Hobbies]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Home entertainment (e.g. video, games, books)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Household cleaning products]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Housing, energy, maintenance (e.g. electricity, waste disposal, DIY)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Insurance]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Investments]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Services (e.g. hairdresser)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following:[Travel (e.g. public transport, vacations)]
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following: [...]spent “more"
• Since the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic, have you spent more or less than usual on any of the following: [...]spent "less"
• Have you deliberately purchased any of these products or services online instead of offline because of the Covid-19 / Corona pandemic?

Attitudes

• Thinking about the COVID-19 / Corona pandemic in general, which of the following statements do you agree with?
• In your country, what do you think should happen in the aftermath of the pandemic, even if for a short time?
• Thinking about where you live and the current restrictions due to COVID-19, do you think the restrictions are too strict or too lose?
• Thinking about once the restrictions are lifted, which of the following are you likely to try and avoid for the time being, because of Coronavirus / Covid-19?
• Have you subscribed to any of the following services since the lockdown in your country?
• Are you using any of the following food / grocery delivery services during the lockdown in your country?