COVID-19 Stringency Index NEW Codebook (as of July 1, 2021)
For each measure, we evaluate the level of stringency based on the coding scheme below. Each measure also includes a separate binary variable indicating whether the measure is applicable to the whole province (coded as 1) or just to some regions (coded as 0). This āflagā is then considered when calculating the overall stringency of a provinceās response.
For more on how the Stringency Index is calculated see theĀ methodology developedĀ by theĀ Oxford Universityās COVID-19 Government Response Tracker.