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This survey collected information about respondents’ participation in leisure, cultural and sporting activities, and acquisition of digital skills during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in England. There are three waves of data, which were collected during May, June and July 2020, and all three used the same sampling methods and data collection instruments. The main Taking Part adult and child studies for 2019-2020 are available at UK Data Archive SNs 8745 (EUL version) and 8746 (Special Licence version).Latest edition informationFor the second edition (April 2020), updated versions of the data files for all three waves of the survey were deposited, with additional variables included to help identify how many respondents completed more than one wave of the survey.

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The following topics were covered: participation in related Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) activities, e.g. arts, heritage and sportsmeasuring volunteering and charitable givingsatisfaction with internet connectionwhether respondents had learned new skills during the pandemicwhether respondents would feel comfortable visiting certain events or places if the government restrictions were relaxedmeasures of wellbeing and loneliness

Multi-stage stratified random sample

Self-administered questionnaire: Web-based (CAWI)