Data set on impact of COVID-19 on mental health of internal migrant workers in India: Corona Virus Anxiety Scale (CAS) approach

• Main Authors: Naveen Kumara Raghavendra, Suresh Gopal, Jothi Munuswamy
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
• Series: Data in Brief
• Subjects: COVID-19; Corona Virus Anxiety Scale (CAS); Anxiety; Migrant workers; Mental health
• Online Access: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S235234092100336X

The article presents a unique dataset on mental health of internal Migrant workers in India. The dataset was constructed during the pandemic when the entire nation was the victim of stringent measures to curtail the spread of Corona Virus in the form of travel restrictions and lockdowns. We collected this data in our pursuit to submit a paper in response to call for paper in the Journal titled “Migration and health”. Non-availability of authentic data about the internal migrant workers triggered this effort to compile the data. We have recorded 1350 responses out of a 6897 Sample through snowball sampling method. Every respondent is said to be a referee for further driving of sample. The responses were collected between June 2 and August 30, 2020 through the telephonic interviews. Also, the consent of the respondents has been duly obtained for publication of the data without revealing their identity. The interview schedule was adopted by using Corona virus Anxiety Scale (CAS) which uses four dimension model namely Cognitive, Emotional, Behavioral and Psychological. The Interview schedule was originally designed in English but was later translated into three different languages after consulting the language experts. This article provides descriptive statistics of study variables along with socio economic factors. This dataset provides a significant platform for further research related to CAS and in assessment of mental health of vulnerable groups.