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

Annex A – Further Information

The questionnaire was 20 minutes long and contained closed questions only. Fieldwork was carried out by Ipsos MORI between 10 and 16 December 2020. Minimum quotas were set, and met, on gender, age, working status and Scottish Parliamentary region. The sample source was random digit dialling, as well as supplementary mobile number databases. Weighting was applied to make the results representative of the Scottish population. 

At the time fieldwork was conducted, COVID protection levels were in place. Further limitations on Christmas gatherings and plans for nationwide Level 4 restrictions from Boxing Day had yet to be announced (these were announced on 19 December). The first COVID-19 vaccinations in Scotland were conducted the week fieldwork started. News of the Kent variant of the virus broke at the end of fieldwork (15 December). The winter weather may also have influenced results.

Representativeness was achieved through quota sampling. This means that strictly speaking, statistical significance should not be applied, however it has been used in the analysis of this survey data as an indication of differences that are likely to be of importance.

Unweighted base sizes

Figure 1. All whose work situation or working hours have changed in some way since the start of the outbreak (n=455)

Figure 2. All whose work situation or working hours have changed in some way since the start of the outbreak (n=455)

Figure 3. All adults in SIMD 1 (n=150) and SIMD 5 (n=220)

Figure 4. All adults whose income is lower than at the start of March, disabled (n=40) and non-disabled (193)

Figure 5. All adults in SIMD 1 (n=150) and SIMD 5 (n=220)

Figure 6. All adults in May 2020 (n=1,000) and December 2020 (1,004)

Figure 7. All adults who are disabled (n=176) and non-disabled 

(n=818)

Figure 8. All adults in order of youngest to oldest categories (n=111, 157, 333, 263, 140)

Figure 9. All adults managing very/quite well (n=592), alright (n=334), and not well (n=75)

Figure 10. All adults (1,004)

Figure 11. All adults (1,004)

Figure 12. All adults who self-isolated in SIMD 1 (n=55) and SIMD 5 (n=58)