NCSES - Testing for Coronavirus Pandemic Questions for the 2022 Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED)

Attachment 4: 2021 SED Coronavirus Pandemic Impact Questions

The next questions focus on how the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) may have affected your graduate experiences and career plans.

Did you experience any of the following as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic?

Select Yes or No for each

		Yes	No
COVA	The timeline for completing my doctoral degree changed.	1	2
COVB	My research was disrupted.	1	2
COVC	Funding for my doctoral studies was reduced or suspended.	1	2
COVD	My immediate postgraduate employment or education plans changed.	1	2
COVE	My longer term career plans or goals changed (e.g., type of employer, research focus).	1	2
COVF	My plans about where to live in the year after graduation were affected.	1	2
COVG	My graduate experience or career plans changed in other ways.	1	2

If respondent says Yes to COVA – COVG, corresponding open-ended items appear on next screens with text boxes.

{IF COVA=1} Previously, you said: “The timeline for completing my doctoral degree changed.”

How did the timeline for completing your doctoral degree change?

{IF COVB=1} Previously, you said: “My research was disrupted.”

How was your research disrupted?

{IF COVC=1} Previously, you said: “Funding for my doctoral studies was reduced or suspended.”

How was your funding reduced or suspended?

{IF COVD=1} Previously, you said: “My immediate postgraduate employment or education plans changed.”

How did your immediate employment or education plans change?

{IF COVE=1} Previously, you said: “My longer term career plans or goals changed (e.g., type of employer, research focus).”

How did your longer term career plans or goals change?

{IF COVF=1} Previously, you said: “My plans about where to live in the year after graduation were affected.”

How did it impact your plans about where to live in the year after graduation?

{IF COVG=1} Previously, you said: “My graduate experience or career plans changed in other ways.”

In what other ways did your graduate experience or plans change?