COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from ALP Research

The ALP has proved to be an excellent tool for rapid-response data collection to inform research on the impacts of COVID-19 on health, workers, financial stress, inequality, vaccine hesitancy, public trust, telehealth, well-being, and alcohol and drug use during the pandemic.

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• Workers and the Economy
• Vulnerable Populations
• Vaccine Hesitancy
• Elections and Public Trust
• Health, Well-Being, and Drug Usage

Workers and the Economy

• 2020 American Life Panel Survey on Impacts of COVID-19: Technical Documentation 2020

  Katherine Grace Carman, Shanthi Nataraj

• The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Changing Nature of Work: Lose Your Job, Show Up to Work, or Telecommute? 2020

  Philip Armour, Katherine Grace Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, Shanthi Nataraj

• Telecommuting and Work in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Are Workers Returning to the Workplace or Staying in Their Home Offices? 2020

  Philip Armour, Katherine Grace Carman, Kathleen J. Mullen, Shanthi Nataraj

• Heading into the Holidays, Americans' Financial Difficulties Continue 2020

  Katherine Grace Carman, Shanthi Nataraj

• How Is COVID-19 Changing Americans' Online Shopping Habits? 2020

  Liisa Ecola, Hui Lu, Charlene Rohr

• How Is COVID-19 Changing Americans' Online Shopping Habits? Five Months into the Pandemic 2020

  Liisa Ecola, Hui Lu, Charlene Rohr

• The Role of the United States Postal Service in the Age of COVID-19 2020

  Michael S. Pollard, Lois M. Davis

Vulnerable Populations

• How Are Americans Paying Their Bills During the COVID-19 Pandemic? 2020

  Katherine Grace Carman, Shanthi Nataraj

• Americans' View of the Impact of COVID-19: Perspectives on Racial Impacts and Equity 2021

  Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Carolyn Miller, Christopher Nelson, Jhacova Williams

• COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data — Wave 1, Summer 2020 2020

  Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Delia Bugliari, Christopher Nelson, Carolyn Miller

• COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data — Wave 2, Fall 2020 2021

  Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Delia Bugliari, Christopher Nelson, Carolyn Miller

• COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data — Wave 3, Winter 2021 2021

  Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Delia Bugliari, Christopher Nelson, Carolyn Miller

• COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Description and Top-Line Summary Data — Wave 4, Fall 2021 2021

  Katherine Grace Carman, Anita Chandra, Delia Bugliari, Christopher Nelson, Carolyn Miller

Vaccine Hesitancy

Elections and Public Trust

• Voter Attitudes Toward the 2020 Election: August 2020 Update 2020

  Jennifer Kavanagh, C. Ben Gibson, Quentin E. Hodgson

• How Is the Pandemic Influencing Intention to Vote? 2020

  Jennifer Kavanagh, Quentin E. Hodgson, C. Ben Gibson

• Attitudes on Voting in 2020: Preparing for Elections During a Pandemic 2020

  Jennifer Kavanagh, C. Ben Gibson, Quentin E. Hodgson

Health, Well-Being, and Drug Usage

• Modeling Infectious Behaviors: The Need to Account for Behavioral Adaptation in COVID-19 Models 2021

  Raffaele Vardavas, Pedro Nascimento de Lima, Paul K. Davis, Andrew M. Parker, Lawrence Baker

• Decline in Trust in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021

  Michael S. Pollard, Lois M. Davis

• Socioeconomic Status and Well-Being During COVID-19: A Resource-Based Examination 2020

  Connie R. Wanberg, Borbala Csillag, Richard P. Douglass, Le Zhou, Michael S. Pollard

• Changes in Adult Alcohol Use and Consequences During the COVID-19 Pandemic in the US 2020

  Michael S. Pollard, Joan S. Tucker, Harold D. Green

• A Longitudinal Study of Psychological Distress in the United States Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic 2021

  Joshua Breslau, Melissa L. Finucane, Alicia Revitsky Locker, Matthew D. Baird, Elizabeth Roth, Rebecca L. Collins

• Age Differences in Reported Social Networks and Well-Being 2020

  Wandi Bruine de Bruin, Andrew M. Parker, JoNell Strough

• Patterns of Substance Use and Associations with Mental, Physical, and Social Functioning: A Latent Class Analysis of a National Sample of U.S. Adults Ages 30–80 2021

  Joan S. Tucker, Wenjing Huang, Harold D. Green, Michael S. Pollard