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Online Panel Survey of Gender Equality and Socioeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic

GESIS, Cologne. ZA8751 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14217
Abstract: The survey focuses on the COVID-19 crisis and its impacts on gender equality regarding the labour market situation, work–life balance and the role that recovery measures and public policies may have had in supporting women and men. The survey provides new knowledge on the multifaceted impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic from a socioeconomic point of view. The survey covered the following main research topics: changes in household arrangements concerning paid work and unpaid care, changes in work arrangements since the start of the pandemic, work–life balance (including the use of available instit ... more
Content: General information: region; household size; relationship to the people in the household; number of children in the household younger than 1 year old, 1 to 2 years old, 3 to 6 years old, 7 to 11 years old, 12 to 17 years old, and 18 years and older; did anyone move into or out of the household for a period lasting at least 1 months since the start ... more

Methodology

Date(s) of Data Collection: 28.06.2021 - 25.07.2021
Geographic coverage: Austria (AT) | Belgium (BE) | Bulgaria (BG) | Cyprus (CY) | Czech Republic (CZ) | Croatia (HR) | Denmark (DK) | Estonia (EE) | Finland (FI) | France (FR) | Germany (DE) | Greece (GR) | Hungary (HU) | Ireland (IE) | Italy (IT) | Latvia (LV) | Lithuania (LT) | Luxembourg (LU) | Malta (MT) | Netherlands (NL) | Poland (PL) | Portugal (PT) | Romania (RO ... more
Universe: Individuals aged between 20 and 64 living in the 27 EU Member States
Number of Units: 42300
Sampling Procedure: • Non-probability: Quota; Non-probability-Sample. The sampling of survey respondents was carried out using online panels (mainly cint). To ensure population representativeness, national sample quotas were established for the following socio-demographic characteristics: age, sex, marital status, number of children below the age of 18 in the househ ... more
Temporal Research Design: Longitudinal: Panel
Analysis Unit: Individual
Mode of Data Collection: • Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI);
Data Collector: European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). EIGE commissioned Istituto per la Ricerca Sociale (IRS) to carry out the survey
Analysis System(s): SPSS, Stata
Kind of Data: Numeric
Number of Variables: 217
Notes: Concepts applied: In the survey, unpaid work is understood as activities related to caring for people and the undertaking of housework without any explicit monetary compensation by family members (parents and relatives), neighbours and/or friends. This could entail supervising activities, preparing food, cleaning, doing laundry, helping run errands ... more

Bibliographic information

Principal Investigator/ Authoring Entity, Institution: - European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Vilnius, Lithuania
Publication year: 2023
DOI: 10.4232/1.14217
Study number: ZA8751
Contributor, Institution, Role: Salanauskaite, Lina - - ProjectManager
Publisher: GESIS

Versions

Current Version: 1.0.0, 2023-11-16, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14217
Version history: ... more

Reference publications

Publications: EIGE (2022), Gender Equality Index 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic and care. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. Available at: https://eige.europa.eu/publications-resources/publications/gender-equality-index-2022-covid-19-pandemic-and-care?language\_content\_entity=en | Selected key variables from the survey are available on EIGE´s G ... more
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European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE), Vilnius, Lithuania (2023). Online Panel Survey of Gender Equality and Socioeconomic Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic. GESIS, Cologne. ZA8751 Data file Version 1.0.0, https://doi.org/10.4232/1.14217.

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