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Unified COVID-19 Dataset

Policy Data Structure

Column Type Description
ID Character Geospatial ID, unique identifier
Date Date Date of data record
Jurisdiction Character Level of the policy jurisdiction
PolicyType Character Type of the policy
PolicyValue Double Value of the policy
PolicyFlag Logical Logical flag for geographic scope
PolicyNotes Character Notes on the policy record
PolicySource Character Data source: OxCGRT

Policy Types

Type Description
CX Containment and closure policies
C1 School closing
C2 Workplace closing
C3 Cancel public events
C4 Restrictions on gatherings
C5 Close public transport
C6 Stay at home requirements
C7 Restrictions on internal movement
C8 International travel controls
EX Economic policies
E1 Income support
E2 Debt/contract relief
E3 Fiscal measures
E4 International support
HX health system policies
H1 Public information campaigns
H2 Testing policy
H3 Contact tracing
H4 Emergency investment in healthcare
H5 Investment in vaccines
H6 Investment in vaccines
H7 Vaccination policy
H8 Protection of elderly people
MX Miscellaneous policies
M1 Wildcard
VX Vaccine policies
V1 Vaccine prioritisation
V2 Vaccine availability
V2A Vaccine availability (summary)
V2B Vaccine availability (age, general)
V2C Vaccine availability (age, at risk)
V2D Vaccine availability (medically)
V2E Vaccine availability (education)
V2F Vaccine availability (frontline)
V2G Vaccine availability (healthcare)
V3 Vaccine financial support
V4 Vaccine requirement/mandate
IX Policy indices
I1 Containment health index
I2 Economic support index
I3 Government response index
I4 Stringency index
Cases Confirmed cases
Deaths Confirmed deaths
IXD Policy indices (Display)
IXL Policy indices (Legacy)
IXLD Policy indices (Legacy, Display)
IXS Policy indices (Simple Average)
IXW Policy indices (Weighted Average)

Policy Type Suffixes (differentiated policies)

Type Description
E Apply to everyone
EV Apply to everyone or vaccinated people
NV Apply to non-vaccinated people
V Apply to vaccinated people
M Apply to the majority

For more details, see OxCGRT's codebook, index methodology, interpretation guide, and subnational interpretation.

The policy jurisdiction includes a suffix of .US or .BR, which cannot be interpreted alongside the primary OxCGRT's global data; see USA-covid-policy and Brazil-covid-policy for more details.