Survey on Residents’ Social Welfare under the COVID-19 Pandemic
(Translated from Chinese)
Please record the sample ID, gender, and telephone number of the respondent. Please confirm the gender of the
respondent before the end of the questionnaire, and list it as a separate variable.
Introduce the aim and anonymity protocols to respondents.
Q1 In the past year, has your main place of residence been in Guangdong Province?
1. Yes
2. No (Skip to E1 if No)
[Compulsory Answer]
Q2 What was your year of birth? _______[Enter in 4-digit format]
[Compulsory Answer; If 2020-Q2<18 or 2020-Q2>60, skip to E1]
Q3 In the past year, which city was your main place of residence?
1. Guangzhou
2. Shenzhen
3. Dongguan
4. Foshan
5. Zhongshan
6. Zhuhai
7. None of the above (Skip to E1)
[Compulsory Answer]
E1: This is the end of the survey, thanks for your cooperation [Survey Ended].
Q401 Is your household registration (Hukou) in “[Program: upload choices in Q3]”?
1. Yes [Skip to Q5]
2. No
Q402 Is your household registration in other areas of Guangdong?
1. Yes
2. No
Q5 Are you currently in employment?
1. Yes
2. No
Q501 Are you employed in a full-time job or part-time job?
1. Full-time employment
2. Part-time employment
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[Skip to Q701 after Q501]
[If 2020-Q2<35 (aged below 35), answer Q502; otherwise, skip to Q504]
Q502 Are you currently a student?
1. Yes
2. No [Skip to Q504]
Q503 Are you currently in the year of graduation?
1. Yes
2. No [Skip to Q8]
Q504 Are you looking for a job and wishing to get such an opportunity?
1. Yes
2. No
Q6 Have you ever worked before?
1. Yes
2. No [Skip to Q604]
Q601 When did you finish your last job?
1. Before February this year
2. Between February and May this year
3. After May this year
Q602 What was the industry you previously worked in the last job?
1. Manufacturing
2. Service industry
3. Financial and commercial related industry
4. Public sector agencies (including government)
5. Technology industry
6. Construction and building industry
7. Others
Q603 Which professional category did your last job belong to?
1. Self-employed
2. Administrative/managerial staff in enterprises or public sector agencies (including government)
3. Technicians and professionals (e.g., doctor, teacher, engineer, etc.)
4. Ordinary staff
5. Others
Q604 Since February, have you ever received government relief including unemployment insurance
payout or cash allowance (such as Dibao)?
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1. Yes
2. No
[Skip to Q606 if Q504=2; otherwise, answer Q605]
Q605 How much do you expect for the monthly salary of your next job? [Please record a specific
number here]
Q606 What is your current main source of income?
1. Savings
2. Income of parents, spouse, or adult children
3. Public transfer or other special programs (e.g. government subsidy, relief, etc.)
4. Financial support from friends or relatives
5. Others
[Skip to Q8]
Q701 What is the industry you are currently working in?
1. Manufacturing
2. Service industry
3. Financial and commercial related industry
4. Public sector agencies (including government)
5. Technology industry
6. Construction and building industry
7. Others
Q702 Which professional category does your current job belong to?
1. Self-employed
2. Administrative/managerial staff in enterprises or public sector agencies (including government)
3. Technicians and professionals (e.g., doctor, teacher, engineer, etc.)
4. Ordinary staff
5. Others
[If Q501=1 (Full-time employment), answer Q703; If Q502=2(Part-time employment), answer Q704]
Q703 Do you have any other part-time jobs?
1. Yes
2. No
[If Q703=2 (No part-time job), skip to Q706]
Q704 How many part-time jobs do you have now? ______[Record a specific number here]
Q705 How many hours per week do you spend on part-time jobs on average? ______[Record a specific
number here]
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Q706 With earnings from all jobs included, what is your gross monthly take-home income (deducting
income tax and social security contributions)?
____ [Record a specific number here]
[ “Refuse to answer” Or “Hard to answer” is allowed]
[If “Refuse to answer” or “Hard to answer” in Q706, do expanded question in Q706E. Asking Q706 by
starting from 8000Yuan]
Q706E Is you average monthly take-home income higher than 8000 Yuan?
1. If yes (higher than “8000”), keep asking if higher than 10000/1500/30000 Yuan
2. If no (Lower than “8000”), keep asking if lower than 5000/3000/1000 Yuan
[According to Q706E, create upper interval bound Q706E_UL and lower interval bound Q706E_LL]
[Below are questions for all respondents]
Q7061 Have you joined the retirement insurance program? 1. Yes 2.No
Q7062 Have you joined the social health insurance program? 1.Yes 2.No
Q7063 Have you joined unemployment insurance program? 1.Yes 2.No
Q7064 Have you joined the work injury insurance program? 1. Yes 2. No
[If Yes in any questions among Q7061 to Q7064, answer Q707 below; if No for all questions from Q7061
to Q7064, skip to Q8]
Q707 Where did you join the social security programs?
1. In my main place of residence in Guangdong province
2. Other areas in Guangdong province
3. Other provinces
Q8 Covid-19 has certainly impacted people’ work and career development. We now invite you to rate
its impact on yourself. 10 represents highest positive impact; -10 represents highest negative impact; 0
represents no impact. Which score best represents the COVID-19 impact on yourself?
_______ -10 --- 10 [Record a specific number between -10 and 10]
Q9 Since the start of the pandemic, how is the change of your family’s daily cost?
1. Similar with the situation before COVID-19
2. Decreased a little
3. Decrease a lot
4. Increased a little
5. Increased a lot
Q10 What is your marital status at present?
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1. Never married. (Skip to Q12)
2. Married.
3. Divorced, widowed, or others
Q11 Do you have any children aged under 18 whom you need to raise and support?
1. Yes
2. No
Q12 Do you have any older adults to support?
1. Yes
2. No
Q13 What is the highest level of education you have completed?
1. Primary school and below
2. Junior high school
3. Senior high school/ Short-cycle tertiary (e.g., 2-year college or vocational)
4. Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
5. Master’s degree or equivalent and above
Q14 How do you rate your health status in general?
1. Very good
2. Good
3. Average
4. Bad
5. Very bad
Q15 Are you a member of the Chinese Communist party?
1. Yes
2. No
Q16 Please rate the performance of the following levels of governments in pandemic prevention and
control since February this year.
Q1601 Central Government 0---10
Q1602 Guangdong Provincial Government 0---10
Q1603 The municipal government in your place of residence 0---10
Q17 In terms of resuming work and relieving hardship for enterprises and residents, how would you
rate the performance of the following levels of government?
Q1701 Central Government 0---10
Q1702 Guangdong Provincial Government 0---10
Q1703 The municipal government in your place of residence 0---10
Q18 In response to the negative impact of the pandemic on the economy, which of the following do you
think should be the most urgent task for the government at the moment?
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[For interviewer: Please remind respondent to choose the ‘most urgent’ one]
1. Provide preferential policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises
2. More cash assistance for low- and middle-income families
3. Issue consumption vouchers to residents
4. Increase social assistance benefits
5. Enhance employment services and create more job opportunities
Q19 For one to achieve better life, which factor is most vital, working hard, or luck and social network
(guanxi)?
1. Working hard
2. Luck and social network
3. Both
[If Q401=2 (non-local), ask Q20A; If Q401=1 (local), ask Q20B]
Q20A As compared with locals, how much advantage do you have in terms of job hunting?
1. No advantage at all
2. Little advantage
3. Equal
4. Considerable advantage
5. Big advantage
6. No competition at all
Q20B As compared with non-locals, how much advantage do you have in terms of job hunting?
1. No advantage at all
2. Little advantage
3. Equal
4. Considerable advantage
5. Big advantage
6. No competition at all