COVID-19 Survey Wave 1 (MCS)#
Last modified: 28 Jul 2025
1. Summary#
An online questionnaire sent to all participants. Questions cover topics of wellbeing during the first wave of the pandemic, including the impact of COVID on participants’ mental health, work and family life. This dataset is the first of 3 over the course of the pandemic and was collected between April and June 2020. It was designed to complement existing content collected during normal operations.
| Dataset Descriptor | Dataset-specific Information |
|---|---|
| Name of Dataset in TRE | MCS_COVID_w1 |
| Citation (APA) | University College London, UCL Social Research Institute, Centre for Longitudinal Studies. (2021). Millennium Cohort Study (MCS): COVID-19 Survey Wave 1 - MCS. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00152-01 |
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| Series | Millennium Cohort Study (MCS) |
| Owner | UCL |
| Temporal Coverage | 04/2020 - 06/2020 |
| Keywords | COVIDW1,Education,Employment,Income,Household,Mental Health |
| Participants Invited | 5469 |
| Participant Count | 5217 |
| Number of variables | 304 |
| Number of observations | 5469 |
| Specific Restrictions to Data Use | None |
| Build a Data Request | https://explore.ukllc.ac.uk/ |
2. Version History#
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Version Date | 01 Nov 2021 |
| Number of Variables | 1512 |
| Number of Observations | 5469 |
| DOI | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00152-01 |
| Change Log | 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00152-01/activities |
3. Documentation#
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4. Useful Syntax#
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