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In this week’s @DSPI_Oxford #Supertracker Newsletter, @eliasnau introduces four of the largest #COVID19 survey that have collected data of tens of thousands of respondents around the globe. All four rely on snowball sampling & two provide open access to the individual level data.
1. The COVIDiSTRESS Global Survey by @lieberothdk covers the period between March 26 and May 30 and provides information of more than 120,000 respondents from 178 countries. 25 countries have more than 1,000 respondents. The individual level data is available online (open access)
2. @eurofound's survey, Living, working and COVID-19 examined quality of life & society. The 1st round took place in April, and the 2nd in July . The survey covers the EU27 countries and provides information from 63,354 respondents in round 1 and 24,123 respondents in round 2.
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Because the pandemic is global we need global data to respond appropriately.

Several teams have taken on the responsibility to build these databases that all decision makers (i.e. everyone of us) now rely on.

👇A thread listing the reliable and open global databases.
A first important metric is *excess mortality* and it's easy to keep the overview here.
James Tozer and Martín González at The Economist built the *only* international database on excess mortality.

Yesterday they made it available:
Excess mortality does not take into account the cause of death and is only available for few countries (most lack the vital statistics).

Globally the most important metrics are therefore *confirmed cases and confirmed deaths*.

There are three global databases for these:
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The amount of #COVID19 related research being produced within the last days is impressive and it’s hard to keep track. Several projects at OECD, WBG, Oxford, ETUC are tracking policy responses across countries. This thread collects various sources. Please add any other! 👇👇1/..
-) #OECD on policy responses covering all 37 OECD & G20 countries by @AGarnero @sebkoenigs @OECD_Social @OECDeconomy
oecd.org/social/Covid-1…

-) #WorldBank #ILO on social protection covering 84 countries by @Ugentilini @mohamed_almenfi
ugogentilini.net/?p=817
-) Oxford COVID19 Government Response Tracker covering 80 countries with 11 indicators by @thomasnhale @annajessiep @TobyMPhillips @BlavatnikSchool
bsg.ox.ac.uk/research/resea…

-) @etuc_ces and @ETUI_org on short-time work, tax and dismissals across Europe
etuc.org/en/publication…
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