Abstract

India is vulnerable to both the health and economic impacts of COVID-19. To contain the spread of COVID-19, Prime Minister Modi announced a nationwide lockdown on March 24. To help alleviate hardships to the poor, the central government also announced a US$23 billion relief package and various state governments have announced relief measures. There is an urgent need to monitor the implementation of these programs at a large-scale to ensure rapid course-corrections, ground-level feedback, and targeted resource allocation to geographies and populations that are most in need. IDinsight’s Data on Demand team is collecting data from 27 of the poorest districts (NITI mentored Aspirational Districts) across eight states in India. The research team is collecting data on COVID-related awareness, health practices, economic impacts, migration, consumption patterns, and more. Its plan is to conduct four rounds of data collection from April to July 2020 with district-level representativeness to monitor changes over time and inform actions of government and civil society. Researchers are targeting 50 percent female respondents.

Questionnaire Description

IDinsight’s Data on Demand team used this survey instrument to collect data in April 2020 from 6000+ respondents in 27 of India's poorest districts across eight states. The instrument includes questions on COVID-related awareness, health practices, economic impacts, migration, consumption patterns, and more.

Implementing Organization

IDInsight

Project Data Collection Mode

Researchers (*corresponding author)

Divya Nair, Krishanu Chakraborty

Partners

IDInsight

Questionnaire File Type

Reader-friendly survey instrument

Questionnaire Language(s)

English

Questionnaire Stage

Data Collection in Progress