MOSAIC

Economy

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected the financial health of Americans?

In our large-scale survey, respondents were asked whether the COVID-19 pandemic caused a major, minor, or no threat to their financial situation. For those respondents who answered that the pandemic created at least a minor threat to their finances, we asked them to share how their finances were threatened. 

Using the open-ended responses and the Twitter handles shared by respondents, we can expand the information we have about the effect of COVID-19 on the economy by analyzing the respondents’ social media posts to better understand the relationship between concerns shared on the survey and concerns shared on social media. 

These word clouds show some frequent words by income from a sample of respondents
Photo by Kelly Sikkema on Unsplash

Suggested Citation: Singh, L., Budak, C., Vanarsdall, R., & Wang, Y. (2022). Inflation Largest Perceived Future Financial Threat. MOSAIC Data Brief: November 2022. Measuring Online Social Attitudes and Information Collaborative.

Suggested Citation: Singh, L., Budak, C., Traugott, M., Vanarsdall, R., & Wang, Y. (2022). Perceived COVID-19 Financial Threat Declining. MOSAIC Data Brief: October 2022. Measuring Online Social Attitudes and Information Collaborative.

Suggested Citation: Traugott, M., Singh, L., Budak, C., & Jensen, J. B. (2021). Differential economic pain due to the COVID pandemic. MOSAIC Data Brief: September 2021. Measuring Online Social Attitudes and Information Collaborative.

Subgroup team members include Ceren Budak, Lisa Singh, and Michael Traugott.

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