COVID-19 Survey IV (2024)
Personal Impacts
Section 02
Survey Overview and Demographics
General Overview
Study Date: 15.05.24–15.06.24
Geographic Coverage: United States
Expertise:
- 77.4% Biology
- 22.6% Civil and Environmental Engineering
Response Overview
Sample Size: 1874
Valid Responses: 163
Response Rate: 8.8
Date initial findings posted: 10.28.24
Most recent update: 10.28.24
Days survey in field: 31
Average response time: 10.5
Survey Demographics
Respondent Demographics:
- 32.9% Female
- 67.1% Male
- 100% Academic
Language(s): English
Section Overview
In this fourth round survey on COVID-19, we asked scientists about the ways in which their professional and personal lives have been impacted over the past year. We also asked their opinions on policy issues related to the pandemic.
Question
Finding
The most commonly experienced personal hardships related to the COVID-19 pandemic are:
(i) depression and other mental health issues (25%),
(ii) death of a friend or colleague (21%), and
(iii) death of a family member (19%).
Question
Q9 and Q10)
Finding
Among the 60% of respondents who were eligible to apply for a timeline extension for tenure or promotion, 13% applied. Of those, (93%) received an extension.
Most of those who requested a tenure and/or promotion extension are tenure-track assistant professors (67%). All of them received the extension.
Question
Finding
Scientists report varying levels of persistent impacts of COVID-19 pandemic on their work-related activities. More than half scientists report that they have permanently decreased (substantially or somewhat decreased) their international (55%) and domestic (53%) travel for academic purposes. A large proportion of scientists report that they have substantially or somewhat increased the online webinars they present (64%) or attend (75%).
Question
Finding
A larger proportion of female faculty report having attended (p<0.01) and presented at (p<0.05) online webinars, as compared to male faculty.
Question
Finding
Nearly three-quarters (72%) of respondents report having tested positive for Covid-19 at least once since March 2020.
