Household Pulse Survey: Measuring Social and Economic Impacts during the Coronavirus Pandemic

The Household Pulse Survey is a 20-minute online survey studying how the coronavirus pandemic and other emergent issues are impacting households across the country from a social and economic perspective.

Phase 3.7 includes new questions on the impact of living through natural disasters, and items focused on Medicaid coverage.

The HPS continues asking about core demographic household characteristics (including sexual orientation and gender identity), as well as asking questions about the following topics:

Access to infant formula
Childcare arrangements and cost
COVID-19 vaccinations and long COVID symptoms and impact
Education, specifically K-12 enrollment
Employment
Food sufficiency
Housing security
Household spending, including energy expenditures and consumption
Inflation concerns and changes in behavior due to increasing prices
Physical and mental health
Rental assistance from state and local governments
Transportation, including behavioral changes related to the cost of gas

In order to support the nation’s recovery, we need to know the ways this pandemic has affected people’s lives and livelihoods. Data from this survey will show the widespread effects of the coronavirus pandemic on individuals, families, and communities across the country.

Your participation will help federal and state officials direct aid, assistance, and support to the people and places that need it most. This survey provides information that cannot be collected elsewhere. Your response is key.

Prior data collections phases

Phase 1: April 23, 2020 – July 21, 2020

Phase 2: August 19, 2020 – October 26, 2020

Phase 3: October 28, 2020 – March 29, 2021

Phase 3.1: April 14, 2021 – July 5, 2021

Phase 3.2: July 21, 2021 – October 11, 2021

Phase 3.3: December 1, 2021 – February 7, 2022

Phase 3.4: March 2, 2022 – May 9, 2022

Phase 3.5: June 1, 2022 – August 8, 2022

Phase 3.6: September 14, 2022 – November 14, 2022