Opportunities and challenges in conducting a rapid multi-country study
The ESAC survey is a unique project as it is a multi-country investigation that has covered more than 40,000 respondents in a very short time and without external funding. We…
Changes in alcohol, tobacco, cannabis, and other substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic
Next publication on the European Survey on Alcohol and COVID-19 has been published in the journal Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy. The authors looked at changes in substance use…
How did alcohol consumption change in the first months of the pandemic?
Our publication on changes in alcohol consumption in Europe, based on the first survey in spring 2020, is now available as a preprint.
Second survey wave completed
The second survey wave closed on 15th January 2021. We have now started to analyse the data from the more than 20 countries.
First results published
The first study has now been published as part of the first wave of the COVID-19 and alcohol project. The manuscript about changes in alcohol consumption in Germany appeared in…
Read the study protocol now
The study protocol has been published on the DEEP-SEAS website. Here you can find information on the development and implementation of the COVID-19 and alcohol project.
Start of the second survey wave
Our project is growing! In the so-called "second wave", we are expanding our geographical coverage to include additional countries within Central and Eastern Europe. Further surveys in Central Asia will…
Main data collection phase of the first survey wave completed
As of yesterday, the data collection period for most surveys ended. Only 7 questionnaires in Dutch, English, French, Greek, Hungarian, Russian and Ukrainian remain available. Latest figures on participation:
Number of participants is still growing
As of today we have more than 100,000 visitors to our survey website and almost 40,000 people have already participated! Thank you very much for your incredible interest in our…
Current figures on participation across the participating countries
The number of participants per country is presented. The target is a minimum of 400 participants for each country (vertical red line) in order to be able to evaluate and…