Summary information

Study title

COVID-19 Prevalence May 2020 (SUF edition)

Creator

Paškvan, Matea (Statistik Austria)
Kowarik, Alexander (Statistik Austria)
Schrittwieser, Karin (Statistik Austria)
Till, Matthias (Statistik Austria)
Weinauer, Marlene (Statistik Austria)
Göllner, Tobias (Statistik Austria)
Hartleib, Sarah (Statistik Austria)
Klimont, Jeanette (Statistik Austria)
Plate, Marc (Statistik Austria)
Baumgartner, Irene (Statistik Austria)
Edelhofer-Lielacher, Edith (Statistik Austria)
Grasser, Alfred (Statistik Austria)
Kytir, Josef (Statistik Austria)

Study number / PID

doi:10.11587/8GPO9W (DOI)

Data access

Information not available

Series

Not available

Abstract

Full edition for scientific use. The main purpose of the study was to identify the number of people infected with coronavirus in Austria as well as to report how people are feeling during this crisis. A representative random sample of 3720 people was drawn based on the Central Population Register of Austria (people living in Austria, excluding those currently in hospital and those aged younger than 16 years). 1528 people answered the questionnaire and from 1279 people PCR testing was analysed to detect an actual coronavirus infection. Nobody was positively tested.

Methodology

Data collection period

16/05/2020 - 30/05/2020

Country

Austria

Time dimension

Cross-section

Analysis unit

Individual

Universe

People living in Austria, aged 16 years and older

Sampling procedure

Probability: Stratified: Proportional

Kind of data

Numeric

Data collection mode

Telephone interview: Computer-assisted (CATI)
Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)
Face-to-face interview: Paper-and-pencil (PAPI)
Physical measurements and tests

Access

Publisher

The Austrian Social Science Data Archive

Publication year

2020

Terms of data access

For more Information please visit AUSSDA's web page

Related publications

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