COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk Series

In the context of COVID-19, RAND and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) partnered again to build from the National Survey of Health Attitudes to implement a longitudinal survey to understand how health views and values have been affected by the experience of the pandemic, with particular focus on populations deemed vulnerable or underserved, including people of color and those from low to moderate-income backgrounds.

The series comprises a longitudinal study, which collected data in four waves. The study included two populations: A sample of populations at greater risk, and a general population sample. Refer to the summary for each individual study in the series to see which population or populations is included in that release. While the questions in the surveys were largely similar across all four waves, individual summaries also contain information about special focuses for that wave.

Demographic information present in each study includes sex, marital status, household size, race and ethnicity, family income, employment status, age, and census region.