Subject area	Social Science
More specific subject area	Policy health
Type of data	Text, dummy, and metric variables
How data were acquired	Online surveys Survey adults´ wellbeing: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/3z6k2r3rmd.2#file-31e19dec-e4d7-4103-b4a5-76874b11eeb1 Survey informal workers´ wellbeing: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/nwyg8gnwz3.1#file-607cc1e7-7d1f-44d5-a12d-5d4bf74fe6d4 Survey college students´ wellbeing: DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/w9brygpwg7.2#file-5679a493-2a9b-42b0-a9ed-8a5c2ccadd2d
Data format	Raw
Parameters for data collection	Data set adults´ wellbeing: Adults (+18 years old) living in Colombia. Open online survey available through social networks. Data set informal workers´ wellbeing: Informal workers (not formally employed with a company). Adults living in Colombia. Data set college students´ wellbeing: College students from a private university in Cali, Colombia. Any student could participate in the survey.
Description of data collection	Data set adults´ wellbeing: Online survey collected using a snowballing sampling strategy. Over 10 researchers were involved in the survey distribution. Survey was released in April 2020 during the quarantine in Colombia. A short video and web platform were created for the study: https://www.icesi.edu.co/polis/investigaciones/salud/salud-mental-covid-19.php?fbclid=IwAR3rwyVXM-jQDi6EYWlgAV2ApmvQW_00tPnnJCh70YVnuvhUVRU-tHeeI4w Data set informal workers´ wellbeing: Online survey collected using a snowballing sampling strategy. Over 20 researchers were involved in the survey distribution. Survey was available for two weeks in May 2020 during the quarantine in Colombia. Data set college students´ wellbeing: Online survey available to students through the university social networks and students´ associations. Survey was active for two weeks in April, after one month and half of school closing due to the pandemic.
Data source location	Institution: POLIS – Observatorio de políticas públicas – Universidad Icesi City/Town/Region: Cali - Valle del Cauca Country: Colombia Contact email: polisicesi@icesi.edu.co
Data accessibility	Data set adults´ wellbeing: Available at Mendeley Data DOI: 10.17632/3z6k2r3rmd.2 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/3z6k2r3rmd/2 Data set informal workers´ wellbeing: Available at Mendeley Data DOI: 10.17632/nwyg8gnwz3.1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/nwyg8gnwz3/1 Data set college students´ wellbeing: Available at Mendeley Data DOI: 10.17632/w9brygpwg7.1 https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/w9brygpwg7/2 Further details about data: https://www.icesi.edu.co/polis/