# Toward Next Generation Data on Health and Life Changes at Older Ages: Administrative Supplement to track the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American families

> **NIH NIH U01** · UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA · 2020 · $3,780,279

## Abstract

Abstract
This administrative supplement proposes to continue a high-frequency longitudinal survey of
Americans’ experiences and behavior during the COVID-19 pandemic. The longitudinal survey
was started on March 10. The survey will be conducted of respondents to the Understanding
America Study (UAS), a probability-based panel of 8,500 adults representing the entire United
States. Housed in the Center for Economic and Social Research, at the University of Southern
California, the UAS employs an ‘Internet Panel,’ in which respondents answer surveys on a
computer, tablet, or smart phone, wherever they are and whenever they wish to participate.
Respondents are recruited through Address Based Sampling and receive a tablet and broadband
Internet subscription if needed, thus facilitating coverage of the entire adult population 18 and
over in the U.S. The set-up allows for an immediate and efficient transmission of data, which are
quickly made publicly available through its online platform
We will invite 7,000 UAS respondents to answer bi-weekly surveys (500 every day) through the
rest of the year. We will report moving weekly averages that will be updated every night by
incorporating the newest batch of responses. Thus, results will be based on a rotating sample of
responses. Importantly, since the same respondents will be answering every other week, we will
be able to track changes with much more accuracy than when one would draw new samples
every week. Updated results will be posted on the UAS web-site every night.
A questionnaire will measure (a) perceptions of coronavirus risk, (b) individual prevention
behaviors, including use of a face mask, hand hygiene, avoidance of health facilities, and other
forms of social distancing, (c) consumption of coronavirus information from various sources, (d)
effects on the household’s financial situation and their consequences for physical and mental
health, health care, psychological distress and substance use, and (e) coping behavior of
households.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10151360
- **Project number:** 3U01AG054580-04S3
- **Recipient organization:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
- **Principal Investigator:** Arie Kapteyn
- **Activity code:** U01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $3,780,279
- **Award type:** 3
- **Project period:** 2017-09-30 → 2022-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10151360

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10151360, Toward Next Generation Data on Health and Life Changes at Older Ages: Administrative Supplement to track the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on American families (3U01AG054580-04S3). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10151360. Licensed CC0.

---

*[NIH grants dataset](/datasets/nih-grants) · CC0 1.0*