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COVID-19 U.S. State Policy Database, 2020-2022

The COVID-19 U.S. State Policy Database tracks state policies in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The study was created by researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and includes data on closures, shelter-in-place orders, housing protections, changes to Medicaid and SNAP, physical distancing closures, reopening, and more. Policies included are state-wide directives or mandates, not guidance or recommendations. In order for a policy to be included, it must have applied to the entire state.

Eviction Moratoria and Housing Policy: Federal, State, Commonwealth, and Territory, [United States], 2020-2022

Researchers employed longitudinal policy surveillance to comprehensively describe state responses to the eviction crisis resulting from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing through the end of substantive state intervention. The study relied on an exhaustive collection of all emergency orders and legislation that controlled the eviction process, related to protections under federal moratoria, or provided support to tenants and that were issued by state governors, courts, and legislative bodies between March 13, 2020 and March 1, 2022. Researchers developed a dynamic, novel dataset consisting of over 50 indicators which captured the temporal and substantive features of these moratoria and renter-supportive measures. To confirm that the dataset was complete, researchers provided state governors and court officials with lists of collected orders from their states and incorporated any needed additions. From this validated dataset, researchers created a time series cross-sectional dataset that tracked changes in a state's overall eviction moratoria and supportive measures over time.

Eviction Moratoria: Most Populous United States Cities, 2020-2023

Researchers employed longitudinal policy surveillance to comprehensively describe local responses to the eviction crisis resulting from the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing through the end of substantive local intervention. The study examined all cities with over 250,000 residents and, for states where no city had at least 250,000 residents, the two largest cities located in each such state. The study relied on an exhaustive collection of all emergency orders and legislation that controlled the eviction process or related to protections under federal moratoria that were issued by local actors, including executive officials, legislative bodies, and the courts, between March 13, 2020 and March 1, 2023. Researchers created a time series cross-sectional dataset that tracked changes in local jurisdictions' eviction moratoria over time. For a complete description of the variables tracked, please see the codebook included with the dataset.

Examination of the Built and Social Environment (R3): National Neighborhood Data Archive (NaNDA), United States

To date, there has been little research on environmental factors to guide interventions and treatments to improve the health of persons aging with long-term physical disabilities. This project will begin to fill this gap in knowledge by examining the role of characteristics in the social and built environment as they interact with underlying impairments and activity limitations to either hinder or promote the full participation of individuals with physical disabilities in society. The project builds on previous work by linking multiple dimensions of the built and social environment to the health trajectories of individuals in the combined Medicare and Medicaid Data file over a period of 10 years (2007-2016).

The project focuses on those neighborhood characteristics hypothesized to be related to healthy aging with physical disability, including the density of recreational centers, public transportation, and neighborhood socioeconomic indicators. Researchers examine indicators of neighborhood safety (based on local crime statistics), since fear of crime may discourage individuals from fully accessing resources in their neighborhood. Based on previous work which showed that snow and ice keep older adults homebound, researchers are also including measures of average temperature and precipitation. Measures of street connectivity tap the connected routes within communities, which may facilitate access to social and physical resources. In addition, socioeconomic disadvantage, racial residential segregation, home foreclosure rates, and low employment opportunities, capture the social environment.

All the neighborhood built and social environment data has been made available to the larger research and user community through ICPSR (data sharing core).

NaNDA is moving! ICPSR is in the process of curating NaNDA measures and adding them to our data holdings. The current version of most NaNDA data is available as a series in our general archive. For the time being, you can still find some data in the NaNDA repository on openICPSR.

Examining the Institutional Medical Mistrust Scale (IMMS) in the COVID-19 Pandemic, United States, 2022

The objective of this study is to validate the Institutional Medical Mistrust Scale (IMMS) using a large, national population to better understand issues of public trust in healthcare and government organizations. The aims of this study are: (1) conduct a national population survey using the IMMS; (1a) examine the influence that healthcare organizations and governing institutions at the local, state, and federal level have on medical mistrust during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States; (1b) test the psychometrics of the IMMS in a large national survey; (2) test the IMMS in a national population with intentional oversampling of African American/Black, Latinx, and chronic disease respondents in the United States.

The endpoints for this study are divided into psychosocial measures as well as physical measures including: (1) measurement of institutional medical mistrust among health care and local/state and federal government organizations; (2) mental and physical health; (3) vaccine uptake or hesitation; (4) factors associated with vaccine uptake or hesitation.

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AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct

In 2015, the American Association of Universities (AAU) and member institutions designed and implemented the first Campus Climate Survey. This survey aimed to assess the prevalence of sexual assault and sexual misconduct in American universities, as well as how the campus climate may be related to or contribute to misconduct. One of AAU’s goals in designing this survey was to provide academic institutions with the information they need to create or modify policies that address the problem of sexual misconduct on campus. The survey was implemented again in 2019. The Campus Climate Survey is considered the largest survey of its kind, with over 150,000 students from 27 colleges and universities completing the 2015 survey, and over 180,000 students from 33 colleges and universities completing the 2019 survey. It includes a mix of undergraduate and graduate and professional school respondents, as well as respondents from both public and private institutions. Additional Resources from AAU: Report on the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct (January 17, 2020) Press Release: AAU Releases 2019 Survey on Sexual Assault and Misconduct (October 15, 2019) Methodology Report for the AAU Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct (April 12, 2016) Press Release: AAU Releases Campus Climate Survey on Sexual Assault and Sexual Misconduct (September 21, 2015)

ABC News/Washington Post Poll Series

Investigator(s): ABC News/Washington Post Since 1981, ABC News and The Washington Post, both separately and together, have commissioned public opinion polls to collect information on the American public's attitudes and opinions on various issues. These surveys, conducted by Chilton Research Services until mid-1999 and subsequently by Taylor Nelson Sofres Intersearch, gather information in the form of monthly and special topic polls. Monthly polls solicit respondent information on the presidency and on a variety of other political and social issues. Special topic polls focus on specific events or issues that are of timely significance.

AP VoteCast Series

AP VoteCast is a survey of the American electorate conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago for The Associated Press and Fox News. Developed by The Associated Press and NORC at the University of Chicago, AP VoteCast is a new way to survey voters. The Associated Press and Fox News, among other news outlets, use the data to explain election outcomes and the mood of the electorate in their election night coverage. VoteCast debuted for the 2018 midterm elections after years of testing and development and was used again for the 2020 Democratic primaries, 2020 presidential election, 2020 special Senate elections in Georgia, 2021 gubernatorial election in Virginia, and 2022 midterm elections. In 2024, it covered the presidential primaries and caucuses and will be covering the presidential election in November. VoteCast was designed by NORC at the University of Chicago and The Associated Press to provide a new approach to understanding elections. Using a random, probability-based sample of registered voters to carefully calibrate a very large sample from opt-in, online panels, VoteCast delivers the best of both methods – the accuracy of probability-based surveys combined with the scale provided by an opt-in survey that interviews tens of thousands of people quickly. Because VoteCast is not based on in-person interviews at the polling booth, the adaptive methodology meets voters where they are and accurately captures voter sentiment no matter how people choose to vote. It provides results in every state holding a statewide election, which means VoteCast delivers a broader portrait of the American electorate than any other election survey. The Associated Press and NORC are committed to transparency of VoteCast’s methods and results, as well as continual improvement of the VoteCast methodology.

ASTHO Profile Survey of State and Territorial Public Health and Forces of Change Series

The ASTHO Profile is the only comprehensive source of information on state and territorial public health agency activities, structures, and financial and workforce resources. Launched in 2007 and fielded every two to three years, the ASTHO Profile aims to define the scope of state and territorial public health services, identify variations in practice among state and territorial public health agencies, and contribute to the development of best practices in governmental public health. The Profile highlights descriptive findings from each survey round and includes summaries of the structure, activities, and resources of individual state and territorial agencies. These data represent the breadth of work overseen by health agencies and the structural nuances and limitations in which they conduct their work. For more information, please visit the project website. The Forces of Change Survey primarily focuses on emergent and rapidly changing trends. The data collected sought to determine the current climate at state and territorial health agencies as it related to budget, workforce, accreditation, and special interest topics.

Adult Education Surveys Series

Investigator(s): U.S. Bureau of the Census These surveys, conducted by the Bureau of the Census as part of their Current Population Survey, collected information on participants in adult and continuing education activities throughout the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Information was collected on types of courses taken, types of institutions or agencies offering courses, reasons for taking the courses, and the respondent's age, sex, and race.The NCES Web site also provides detailed information on the Adult Education and Program Study, the National Household Education Surveys Program, and the National Assessments of Adult Literacy.

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