The authors document the steps taken to create a set of variables that measure the number of COVID-19 cases, deaths and vaccine doses applied in the districts where Young Lives participants reside, along with the duration of the lockdown periods they endured.

This note is an output of the Young Lives at Work programme.

Hidalgo A, Sanchex A and Zhu S. ‘Data matching: construction of COVID-19 related variables for Young Lives Peru’ Young Lives Technical Note 56, March 2024

Data matching: construction of COVID-19 related variables for Young Lives Peru