Coronavirus (COVID-19) impact on wellbeing: wave 3 - survey summary

Annex A: Methodology

• 1000 participants selected using random digit dialling; a similar number of participants to wave 1 (1000) and wave 2 (1004).
• Quotas were set based on gender, working status, age, Scottish parliamentary region and tenure and weighted to ensure the sample was representative of the Scottish population.
• The unweighted sample sizes for subgroups are shown in the table below.
• Telephone interview lasting 15 minutes.
• Topics included: wellbeing, work and finances, social contact and support and behaviours during the restrictions.
• Questions were all closed (see Annex B).
• 3 waves of interviews conducted April/May 2020, December 2020 and March 2021.
• We identified differences in experiences based on: gender, age, household composition, income and those with long-term health conditions.

Table 1: Unweighted base sizes for wave 3