Impacts of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Catherine Ipsen, University of Montana; Andrew Myers, University of Montana

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Project Citation:

Ipsen, Catherine, and Myers, Andrew. Impacts of COVID-19 on People with Disabilities. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2021-07-06. https://doi.org/10.3886/E143843V1

Project Description

Summary: When it comes to planning, meeting accommodation needs, and accessibility issues, people with disabilities are at a disproportionately high risk during times of crisis compared to those without. Additionally, many people with disabilities are immunocompromised and are at a greatest risk of serious complications and death due to infection from COVID-19. This survey was launched in April of 2020 to look further into how people with disabilities have been experiencing the COVID-19 pandemic, how their daily lives have been impacted, and how and where they were accessing information on best practices and early recommendations by various information sources. We were particularly interested in learning about differences among people with disabilities in both urban and rural areas in the United States. To collect this information, we launched a survey on Amazon MTurk, which is a common platform for recruiting participants in hard-to-reach populations within social science and human subjects research. After a brief set of screener questions asking about age, disability status, and checking for bots, the survey questions asked about participants’ health, daily activities, community participation, trust in information sources, pandemic response behaviors, and how those things have been impacted by changes during the COVID-19 pandemic. The results were analyzed using statistical software and used to produce research briefs, factsheets, and peer-reviewed journal articles, and may be incorporated into future presentations, national conferences, and additional publications.

Funding Sources: United States Department of Health and Human Services. Administration for Community Living. National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (90RTCP0002)

Scope of Project

Subject Terms: COVID-19; disability; rural; trust; public health

Geographic Coverage: United States

Time Period(s): 4/23/2020 – 5/10/2020 (Spring 2020)

Collection Date(s): 4/23/2020 – 5/10/2020 (Spring 2020)

Universe: US residents aged 18+ Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) workers

Data Type(s): survey data

Methodology

Sampling: Workers of Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) that were screened for disability status

Data Source: Qualtrics survey

Collection Mode(s): web-based survey

Scales: WGSS 4-point Likert-type scale, HRQoL-4, 5-point Likert-type scale

Unit(s) of Observation: Individuals

Geographic Unit: United States

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