1970 British Cohort Study
Age 50 COVID-19 Survey (2020) Wave 1
BCS70 Age 50 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1
bcs_covid_q1
UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies COVID-19 Online Survey Questionnaire - Wave 1 - April 2020 (Version 1)
Thank you. The survey should take about 20 minutes to complete. As always, answering these questions is voluntary and you can skip over any questions that you cannot or would prefer not to answer. The 'Privacy and data protection' FAQs on the study website provide details about how we protect the information you provide and how it will be used for research.
If you have any problems, queries or concerns, you can contact us using the contact details in the email that we sent to you.
Physical health
The first few questions will ask about your health.
Do you think that you have or have had Coronavirus?
Have you experienced any of the following symptoms in the past 2 weeks?
Please select all that apply.
Have you sought medical advice in relation to any symptoms you have had, which you think may be caused by Coronavirus?
Please select all that apply.
Have you been in hospital because of Coronavirus symptoms?
Have you been tested for Coronavirus?
What was the result of your coronavirus test? If you had more than one test please report the findings of the latest test.
In general, would you say your health is...
In general, in the 3 months before the Coronavirus outbreak would you say your health was...
Do you have any of the following?
Please select all that apply.
Have you had any surgery, medical procedures or any other medical appointments cancelled since the outbreak of the Coronavirus?
Have you received a letter or text message from the NHS or Chief Medical Officer saying that you have been identified as someone at risk of severe illness if you catch Coronavirus, because you have an underlying disease or health condition?
Social distancing
The next question is about the extent to which you are complying with the social distancing guidelines issued by the Government. On a scale from 0 to 10, where 0 means that you are 'not complying at all' and 10 means you are 'fully complying', how much would you say you are complying with the guidelines?
Time use
We would like to know about how you have been spending your time since the Coronavirus outbreak.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Paid work ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Volunteering / unpaid work (not for your household) ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Home schooling your children (if you have any) ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Other interactive activities with children (e.g. reading to them, playing games with them, painting/drawing with them, doing puzzles together). ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Caring for someone other than a child ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Housework (e.g. cleaning, laundry, cooking, DIY) ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Formal learning as part of a course ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Physical activity / exercise ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Other leisure activities and hobbies (e.g. TV, gaming, reading, news, listening to music, gardening, online shopping, mealtime, relaxing) ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Socialising with non-household members via telephone, video-calling or messaging ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Socialising with non-household members in person ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Travelling for work ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Shopping or essential appointments ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Personal care (e.g. taking a shower/bath, grooming, getting dressed etc.) ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Ill in bed ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours have you been spending doing each of the following activities on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began? Other ... Number of hours
Please round to the nearest hour.
How many hours in total have you been spending outside of your home on a typical week day since the Coronavirus outbreak began?
Please do not include time spent in your garden or any other outdoor space which is part of your home. Please round to the nearest hour.
Household Grid
The next questions are about who you are currently living with.
How many people do you currently live with?
Please include yourself.
Who do you currently live with?
Please select all that apply.
Do you have any children who you do not live with?
Please include any adopted children, step-children or foster children of whom you consider yourself a parent. Please include grown-up children.
Have there been any changes to the people you are living with since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Have you started living with your partner since the Coronavirus outbreak ?
Have any of the following occurred since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Have any of the following occurred since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Have any of the following occurred since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Relationships
Are you in a relationship with someone at the moment?
On a scale from 1 to 7, where ‘1’ means that you are ‘very unhappy’ and ‘7’ means that you are ‘very happy’, how happy is your relationship with your partner at the moment, all things considered?
Since the Coronavirus outbreak began, has the amount you have argued with your partner changed?
Pregnancy
Are you or your partner (if you have one) currently pregnant?
How many weeks pregnant are you/is she?
Children and childcare
How many of your children do you currently live with?
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Please give the age of each child you live with ... Years old
Before the Coronavirus outbreak, which of the following applied to your child(ren) aged 4 or under?
Which of the following now applies to your child(ren) aged 4 or under?
Why is your child(ren) still attending day care or school?
Are any of your child(ren) aged between 5 and 16 still physically attending school daily?
Why is your child(ren) still physically attending school?
Caring
Before the Coronavirus outbreak did you or a person you live with usually get help with regular personal tasks (washing, dressing), or domestic tasks (shopping, providing meals) that cannot be managed alone?
Who provided this help?
Altogether, how many hours help did you or someone you live with usually get in a week?
Since the Coronavirus outbreak, have you or someone you live with had a change in help needed and/or received?
Which of these statements best describes the change in help needed or received?
Since the Coronavirus outbreak, how many hours of help have you or someone you typically received each week?
Who provided this help?
Housing
The next few questions are about where you are currently living.
How many rooms are there in the home where you are currently living, not counting kitchens, bathrooms, toilets, halls and garages?
Please do not include conservatories unless they are used as a living room all year round.
Please enter the postcode of the address at which you are currently living, even if this is a temporary address.
Use capitalised letters and leave a space between the two parts of the postcode. For example WC1H 0AL.
Do you have a garden, a patio or yard, a roof terrace or large balcony?
Please select all that apply
Financial situation
The following questions are about your financial situation, your job, or any other things that you were doing before and since the Coronavirus outbreak.
In the 3 months before the Coronavirus outbreak, how well would you say you personally were managing financially?
Overall, how do you feel your current financial situation compares to before the Coronavirus outbreak?
Which of the following statements best describes the food eaten in your household since the Coronavirus outbreak began?
How often has your household used a food bank, or similar service, since the Coronavirus outbreak began?
Benefits claimed
In the three months before the Coronavirus outbreak, have you (or your partner if you have one) received any of the following?
Please select all that apply.
Now thinking about the time since the Coronavirus outbreak, have you (or your partner if you have one) made any new claims for the following?
Please select all that apply.
Since the Coronavirus outbreak, have you used any of the following?
Please select all that apply.
Employment circumstances - prior outbreak
Which of these best describes what you were doing just before the Coronavirus outbreak? If you were doing more than one activity, please choose the activity that you spent most time doing.
Was this apprenticeship part of..?
How many hours per week did you usually work, not including meal breaks but including overtime?
What was your job title?
Please describe in your own words what you mainly did in this job.
Please describe in detail (for example job title and the type of work).
What did the firm or organisation you worked for mainly make or do?
Please describe in detail (for example manufacturing, processing or distribution, goods produced, materials used, wholesale or retail).
What did your firm or organisation mainly make or do?
Please describe in detail (for example manufacturing, processing or distribution, goods produced, materials used, wholesale or retail).
In this job, did you have a zero hours contract?
Education - prior outbreak
Was this apprenticeship a full time course at a college or training centre?
Did it involve periods of study at a college or training centre?
Where were you studying or doing your apprenticeship?
Were you studying or doing your apprenticeship full or part time?
What is the name of the course you were studying?
Please write the name of the course in the box below.
In the boxes below please write the full name of the school, college, university or other organisation at which you were studying or doing your apprenticeship, and the town in which it is in: Name: ... Town:
What is the duration of the course or apprenticeship?
Which course year or year in the apprenticeship are you currently in?
Has your learning activity changed in any of the following ways since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means 'completely disagree' and 10 means 'completely agree', please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the statements below. I am satisfied with the learning resources provided by my learning establishment
Using a scale of 0 to 10, where 0 means 'completely disagree' and 10 means 'completely agree', please indicate the extent to which you agree or disagree with each of the statements below. I have been able to continue my studies effectively whilst being at home
Economic activity - during outbreak - if in education or non-job apprenticeship
And which of these best describes what you are doing now - that is since the Coronavirus outbreak?
If you are doing more than one activity, please choose the activity that you spend most time doing.
And how many hours per week do you usually work now, not including meal breaks but including overtime?
Which of the following best describes your work location since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Are you a Key worker, or has your work been classified as critical to the Covid-19 response?
Employment circumstances - during outbreak
And which of these would you say best describes your situation now - that is since the Coronavirus outbreak?
And how many hours per week do you usually work now, not including meal breaks but including overtime?
Which of the following best describes your work location since the Coronavirus outbreak?
Are you a Key worker, or has your work been classified as critical to the Covid-19 response?
Employment circumstances - prior outbreak - partner
Which of these best describes what your partner was doing just before the Coronavirus outbreak?
If they were doing more than one activity, please choose the activity that they spent most time doing.
Was this apprenticeship part of..?
How many hours per week did your partner usually work, not including meal breaks but including overtime?
What was your partner's job title?
Please describe in your own words what your partner mainly did in this job.
Please describe in detail (for example job title and the type of work).
What did the firm or organisation your partner worked for mainly make or do?
Please describe in detail (for example manufacturing, processing or distribution, goods produced, materials used, wholesale or retail.
What did your partner's firm or organisation mainly make or do?
Please describe in detail (for example manufacturing, processing or distribution, goods produced, materials used, wholesale or retail.
In this job, did your partner have a zero hours contract?
Economic activity - partner - since outbreak
And which of these would you say best describes your partner’s situation now - that is since the Coronavirus outbreak?
And how many hours per week does your partner usually work now, not including meal breaks but including overtime?
Is your partner a Key worker, or has their work been classified as critical to the Covid-19 response?
Health Behaviours
The next set of questions are about smoking, drinking alcohol, exercise, diet and sleep.
Which of these statements applies to you?
In the month before the Coronavirus outbreak, how many cigarettes a day did you usually smoke?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many cigarettes a day have you typically smoked?
Now thinking about electronic cigarettes or vaping devices, which of these statements applies to you?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, has the amount you have been using an electronic cigarette or vaping device changed?
In the month before the Coronavirus outbreak, how often did you have a drink containing alcohol?
In the month before the Coronavirus outbreak, how many standard alcoholic drinks have you had on a typical day when you were drinking?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how often have you had a drink containing alcohol?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many standard alcoholic drinks do you have on a typical day when you were drinking?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how often have you found you were not able to stop drinking once you had started?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how often have you failed to do what was expected of you because of drinking?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, has a relative, friend, doctor or health worker been concerned about your drinking or advised you to cut down?
In the month before the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, on how many days in a typical week did you do 30 minutes or more of exercise where you are working hard enough to raise your heart rate and break into a sweat?
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, on how many days in a typical week did you do 30 minutes or more of exercise where you are working hard enough to raise your heart rate and break into a sweat?
In the month before the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many portions of fresh fruit and vegetables did you eat in a typical day?
A portion of fruit could be a whole piece of fruit, like an apple or banana or 80g of fruit (like in a fruit salad). A portion of vegetables is 3 heaped tablespoons of cooked vegetables or beans /pulses or a handful of cherry tomatoes or a small bowl of salad. It does not include potatoes. Juice/smoothies can count as 1 portion per day.
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many portions of fresh fruit and vegetables have you eaten in a typical day?
A portion of fruit could be a whole piece of fruit, like an apple or banana or 80g of fruit (like in a fruit salad). A portion of vegetables is 3 heaped tablespoons of cooked vegetables or beans /pulses or a handful of cherry tomatoes or a small bowl of salad. It does not include potatoes. Juice/smoothies can count as 1 portion per day.
In the month before the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many hours did you sleep each night on average?
Please round to the nearest hour.
Since the start of the Coronavirus outbreak, how many hours have you slept each night on average?
Please round to the nearest hour.
The next question is about your weight. Would you prefer to report your weight in kilograms or stones and pounds?
What is your weight in kilograms?
What is your weight in stones and pounds? Stone ... Pounds
Contact
The next few questions are about the contact you have had with people you do not live with in the last seven days.
In the last seven days, on how many days did you meet up in person with any of your family or friends who do not live with you?
In the last seven days, on how many days did you talk to family or friends you do not live with via phone or video calls?
In the last seven days, on how many days did you keep in contact with family or friends you do not live with by email or text or other electronic messaging?
In the last seven days, on how many days did you take part in an online community activity, e.g. an online community group, online chat group, street or neighbourhood social media group?
In the last seven days, on how many days did you give help to people outside of your household affected by Coronavirus or the current restrictions?
Please include doing shopping, collecting medicines, checking in on people and any other voluntary work for community groups or other organisations.
Social provision
Loneliness
Life sat
Overall, how satisfied are you with your life nowadays, where 0 means 'not at all' and 10 means 'completely'?
NCDS&BCS Mental health scale
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Do you feel tired most of the time?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Do you often feel miserable or depressed?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Do you often get worried about things?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Do you often get in a violent rage?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Do you often suddenly become scared for no good reason?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Are you easily upset or irritated?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Are you constantly keyed up and jittery?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Does every little thing get on your nerves and wear you out?
The next questions are concerned with how you are feeling generally. Does your heart often race like mad?
Mental health scale
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? Not being able to stop or control worrying
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? Little interest or pleasure in doing things
Over the last 2 weeks, how often have you been bothered by the following problems? Feeling down, depressed or hopeless
Risk & patience
Trust
On a scale from 0-10 where 0 means you are 'not at all trusting' of other people and 10 means you are 'extremely trusting' of other people, how trusting of other people would you say you are?
Trust in government
On a scale from 0-10 where 0 means you are 'not at all trusting' and 10 means you are 'extremely trusting', how trusting are you that British Governments, of any party, place the needs of the nation above the needs of their own political party?
COVID changes grid
Since the Coronavirus outbreak please indicate how the following have changed. The amount of stress I've been feeling
Since the Coronavirus outbreak please indicate how the following have changed. The amount of trust I have in the Government
Since the Coronavirus outbreak please indicate how the following have changed. The amount of trust I have in people in my local area
Since the Coronavirus outbreak please indicate how the following have changed. The amount of conflict I have had with people around me
Open ended
Please use the space below to express in your own words the main ways the Coronavirus outbreak has affected your life and/or your loved ones so far, and what you think the effects might be in the future. You can write as much or little as you like, and cover any topic you choose.
Outro block
Home visits for the BCS70 Age 50 Survey were due to start in June but this will not be possible because of the Coronavirus outbreak. As we do not know when social distancing rules will allow us to start home visits we are considering whether to ask study members to take part in the Age 50 Survey in other ways. Would you be willing to take part in any of the following ways?
Please select all that apply.
The email address we currently hold for you is ${e://Field/RecipientEmail}. Is this the best email address to use to contact you?
Please enter below the best email address to use to contact you in the future.
Finally – we’d like to ask you to download a COVID-19 Symptoms Tracker app. Many people are recording symptoms of COVID-19 using specially designed symptom tracker apps. These are helping to slow the outbreak, by recording which symptoms are most common, and identifying high risk areas in the UK. As a member of BCS70 you can play a special role. We have teamed up with the organisations running the COVID-19 symptom tracker, designed by Kings College London, to allow the results from the symptoms tracker app to be combined with the information held by BCS70. All you need to do is to download the app on your mobile device, and record your symptoms every day. If you have already been recording your symptoms using this app, the symptoms you have already recorded can also be linked. Please click HERE(https://covid.joinzoe.com/) to download the app. You can download the symptoms tracker and start recording your symptoms at any time. You can also find the link to download the symptoms tracker app on our study website (https://bcs70.info/faqs/#covid19tracker). If you DO NOT wish your information held by BCS70 to be linked to information collected by the COVID-19 symptom tracker app please tick the box below.
For further information about how your symptoms tracker data will be securely linked, and how it will be used for research, please see our FAQs, here (https://bcs70.info/faqs/#covid19tracker).
You can also opt out of linking your BCS70 information to the symptoms tracker at any time by calling us for free on 0800 0355761 or email us at bcs70@ucl.ac.uk.
COVID APP Block
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bcs_covid_q1
Physical health
Social distancing
Time use
Household Grid
Relationships
Pregnancy
Children and childcare
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Caring
Housing
Financial situation
Benefits claimed
Employment circumstances - prior outbreak
Education - prior outbreak
Economic activity - during outbreak - if in education or non-job apprenticeship
Employment circumstances - during outbreak
Employment circumstances - prior outbreak - partner
Economic activity - partner - since outbreak
Health Behaviours
Contact
Social provision
Loneliness
Life sat
NCDS&BCS Mental health scale
Mental health scale
Risk & patience
Trust
Trust in government
COVID changes grid
Open ended
Outro block
COVID APP Block
BCS70 Age 50 COVID-19 Survey - Wave 1