Our Big Conversation: Resident Feedback on Pandemic Life Changes and Recovery Needs, 2020

An anonymized survey dataset from the 'Our Big Conversation' consultation run in 2020. It contains raw responses from residents on how life changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and what is needed for recovery. The data was collected via an online survey and a paper survey in the June 2020 edition of 'Our City' and is published by the Government Digital Service under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze thematic trends in resident feedback on pandemic-induced life changes.
• Study public priorities and suggestions for community recovery mentioned in the survey responses.
• Perform sentiment analysis on textual feedback regarding the pandemic experience.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly anonymized to protect respondent privacy.
• Includes both online and paper survey responses from a defined period in 2020.
• Published under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Some textual responses have been removed to prevent identification, potentially reducing detail.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Online and paper survey consultation.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

Likely focused on a specific city or region, as suggested by the 'Our City' publication and consultation context.