COVID-19 and the Experiences of Populations at Greater Risk: Wave 4, United States, 2020-2021

In the context of COVID-19, RAND and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) partnered again to build from the National Survey of Health Attitudes to implement a longitudinal survey to understand how health views and values have been affected by the experience of the pandemic, with particular focus on populations deemed vulnerable or underserved, including people of color and those from low to moderate-income backgrounds.
The questions in this COVID-19 survey focused specifically on experiences related to the pandemic (e.g., financial, physical, emotional), how respondents viewed the disproportionate impacts of the pandemic, whether and how respondents' views and priorities regarding health actions and investments are changing (including the roles of government and the private sector), and how general values about such issues as freedom and racism may be related to pandemic views and response expectations. Some questions used in the NSHA are fielded in this COVID-19 survey while others are newly used from other COVID-19 surveys or newly developed for this effort. The study is a longitudinal study, collecting data in four waves. The study also included 2 populations: A sample of populations at greater risk, and a general population sample. This study includes the results for Wave 4 for populations at greater risk. The questions in the surveys were largely similar across all four waves.
Demographic info includes sex, marital status, household size, race and ethnicity, family income, employment status, age, and census region.