Official Statistics

Community Life COVID-19 Re-contact Survey 2020- Main Report

Official Statistics covering main findings from DCMS's 2020 Community Life Recontact Survey.

Applies to England

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A summary of main findings from the 2020 Community Life Recontact Survey, independently conducted and authored by Kantar on behalf of DCMS.

Findings from this survey cover public beliefs and behaviours related to social cohesion, charitable giving, volunteering, wellbeing and loneliness for adults (aged 16+) in England during March to July 2020, and how these have changed compared with a period before the COVID-19 pandemic.

Executive Summary

Glossary

1. Introduction

2. Methodology and interpretation

3. Formal volunteering

4. Informal volunteering

5. Charitable giving

6. Social cohesion

7. Wellbeing and loneliness

Appendix A – Wellbeing and loneliness tables

Appendix B – Limitations

Data from the re-contact survey should not be compared with previous years of Community Life Survey data because it is a different cohort. The cohort is made up of those who completed the 2018-19 or 2019-20 Community Life Survey and agreed to be re-contacted for follow-up research. While weights and statistical techniques have been applied to correct for this difference, a reasonable margin of error still exists. This report should therefore be used as a standalone product and further analysis should be run separately from the Community Life Survey.

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Published 8 December 2020

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