The Tasmania Project - Borders and Community Health Survey

The Tasmania Project was established by the Institute for Social Change at the University of Tasmania to understand how Tasmanians are experiencing and adjusting to the social, political and economic responses to COVID-19. The project aims to support immediate and longer term social and economic decisions by providing useful, evidence-based and timely information, and share Tasmanian residents' experiences and ideas through this critical period and beyond.

This dataset is for the Borders and Community Health Survey, which was open from 28 September - 12 October 2020 and had a final sample size of 1377 respondents. The survey consisted of six sections: 1. Border restrictions, 2. Compliance and responsibility, 3. Staying informed, 4. Employment, 5. Wellbeing, 6. Demographic information.

This survey was supported by the State Control Centre to inform the Tasmanian Government’s response to COVID-19 and help to develop public communications strategies and policy decisions as borders started to reopen.