Research and analysis

Taking Part Web Panel Data: Engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic

Estimates of cultural, digital and sporting engagement during the COVID-19 pandemic

• From: Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
• Published: 2 July 2020
• Last updated: 16 September 2020 — See all updates

Documents

Taking Part Web Panel - COVID-19 questionnaire

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Taking Part web panel COVID-19 Survey Technical Note

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Taking Part Web Panel COVID-19 Report

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Details

Background

Levels of cultural, digital and sporting engagement have been affected by the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. A bespoke questionnaire, asking about participation in activities which could be done under social distancing guidance, was developed and run by Ipsos MORI on behalf of DCMS. The survey used respondents of the Taking Part web panel. These adults (16+) have agreed to join a longitudinal panel after being randomly selected to complete a face-to-face Taking Part questionnaire in recent years.

Data tables can be found here.

Using this data

• The Taking Part web panel is not fully representative of the population of England, since certain groups are under-represented. These estimates are therefore indicative of participation. Further information on the Taking Part web panel in general can be found here
• Respondents were questioned using an online collection mode, and therefore our estimates do not include those adults who do not have access to the internet
• Responses were weighted during analysis to ensure proportional representation of different groups. Further information can be found in the technical report above

Further data

Data are available from other studies run by organisations outside of DCMS. Some of these are linked below. Please note that differences in findings are expected given that the choice of mode of data collection, time period and sampling frame vary.

The Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre ran a six-week study from 9th April to 20th May 2020, producing weekly estimates on engagement in Music, Film, TV, Video Games and E-Publishing.

The Office for National Statistics have published estimates on feelings of loneliness during lockdown

Sport England have commissioned a survey where English people are asked about activity levels and their attitudes towards physical activity

The Gambling Commission have published data related to consumer trends

Published 2 July 2020
Last updated 16 September 2020 + show all updates

1. 16 September 2020

   Added a report - which summarises the three waves of findings from May to July.

2. 2 September 2020

   Addition of July data tables

3. 4 August 2020

   Update to data tables to include data collected in Wave 2 (3rd - 18th June 2020)

4. 2 July 2020

   First published.