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. 2021 Feb 10;13(1):14. doi: 10.1186/s12544-021-00473-7
Before COVID-19
Question Activities Options
How often did you use to do these activities before the coronavirus outbreak? Commute to work or school Less than once a month
Travel to grocery stores Once a month
Purchase groceries online Once every second week
Travel to non-grocery shopping Once a week
Purchase non-groceries online 2–4 times a week
Order take away food 5–7 times a week
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes More than daily
Travel to visit friends and family
Go out for entertainment/hobbies
Perform physical activities
How did you use to travel to perform these activities before the coronavirus outbreak? If you use multimodal travelling, select the mode which covers the most distance and most commonly used. Commute to work or school Car (driver)
Travel to grocery stores Car (passenger)
Travel to non-grocery shopping Motorcycle
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes Public transport or train
Travel to visit friends and family Bicycle or by foot
Go out for entertainment/hobbies Other
Perform physical activities N/A
How long did it take to travel to these activities before the coronavirus outbreak? According to the mode selected above, estimate the average of one-way trip Commute to work or school <  10 min
Travel to grocery stores 10-30 min
Travel to non-grocery shopping 30-60 min
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes 1–2 h
Travel to visit friends and family 3–5 h
Go out for entertainment/hobbies >  5 h
Perform physical activities N/A
For how long did you use to use the internet connection for the following activities before the coronavirus outbreak? Answer considering an average in hours per week. For entertainment <  1 h
For personal videocall/call/chat 1–2 h
For work or study 3–5 h
For work or study meetings and calls 6–10 h
11–15 h
15–20 h
20–25 h
> 25 h
To what extent does the coronavirus outbreak influence your daily life? 1 - not at all
2
3
4 - a lot
During COVID-19
Question Activities Options
How often do you do these activities now? Commute to work or school Less than once a month
Travel to grocery stores Once a month
Purchase groceries online Once every second week
Travel to non-grocery shopping Once a week
Purchase non-groceries online 2–4 times a week
Order take away food 5–7 times a week
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes More than daily
Travel to visit friends and family
Go out for entertainment/hobbies
Perform physical activities
How do you travel to perform these activities now? If you use multimodal travelling, select the mode which covers the most distance and most commonly used. Commute to work or school Car (driver)
Travel to grocery stores Car (passenger)
Travel to non-grocery shopping Motorcycle
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes Public transport or train
Travel to visit friends and family Bicycle or by foot
Go out for entertainment/hobbies Other
Perform physical activities N/A
How long does it take to travel to these activities now? According to the mode selected above, estimate the average of one-way trip Commute to work or school <  10 min
Travel to grocery stores 10-30 min
Travel to non-grocery shopping 30-60 min
Eat out in restaurants, bars, cafes 1–2 h
Travel to visit friends and family 3–5 h
Go out for entertainment/hobbies >  5 h
Perform physical activities N/A
For how long do you use the internet connection for the following activities now? Answer considering an average in hours per week. For entertainment <  1 h
For personal videocall/call/chat 1–2 h
For work or study 3–5 h
For work or study meetings and calls 6–10 h
11–15 h
15–20 h
20–25 h
> 25 h
Online shopping behaviours
Question Activities Options
Before the coronavirus outbreak, how much of your shopping was online? Grocery shopping 0% [online]
Other shopping 10%–30%
40%–60%
70%–90%
100% [online]
How much of your shopping during the coronavirus outbreak is online? Grocery shopping 0% [online]
Other shopping 10%–30%
40%–60%
70%–90%
100% [online]

Which kind of items do you usually shop during the coronavirus outbreak (not considering groceries)?

[Multiple choice]

Clothes
Hobbies related items (sport, art, music equipment, technology, stationery, books..)
Items for the house, garden
Work related items
Others [Specify]
Perceived safety and likelihood of keeping the new habits
Question Activities Options
During the coronavirus outbreak, how safe do you feel while engaging in the following activities, considering possible precautions that you take? Travelling by public transport or train 1 - not safe at all
Travelling by car 2
Visiting stores 3
Being at the workplace or school 4 - very safe
Going to restaurants, pubs and cafes
Going to the gym
Spending time outside
Receiving home deliveries
If you have changed your behaviour since the coronavirus outbreak, how likely are you to keep your new habits when the threat from the virus is removed? Travel and commuting 1 - not likely
Grocery shopping 2
Shopping 3
Work or study 4 - very likely
Handle meetings at work or school no change
Free time
Physical activities
Demographics
Question Options Number
Where do you currently live? List of UN recognized states
What is your postal code? Open question
What is your country of origin? List of UN recognized states
What gender do you identify with? Female
Male
Other [Specify]
How many people in these age groups live in your household? Children (< 18 years old) None
Adults 1–3
Elderly (> 65 years old) More than 3
What is your highest level of education? No schooling completed
High school graduate, diploma or equivalent
Trade/technical/vocal training
Bachelor’s degree
Master’s degree
Professional degree
Doctorate degree
Other [Specify]
What is your main employment? Employee
Self-employed
Housewife/houseman
Student
Part time worker
Volunteering
Military
Retired
Unemployed
Other [Specify]
Do you have any comment to add? Open question