The COVID-19 Policy Response Monitor for German Federal States builds on the idea and methodology of the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) and is adapted to the specific conditions of the German federal system (see Codebook).The presented dataset contains a collection of 31 types of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that were implemented in the 16 German federal states between March 12 and August 31, 2020. Depending on the level of strictness of the applied measures, an overall Stringency index as well as eight Sub-indices regarding Events and gatherings, Movement, Childcare and education, Business, Food and catering, Leisure facilities, Health sector, and Public hygiene have been calculated for each federal state. Sub-indices and items:E - Events and gatheringsE1 - Indoor public event restrictionE2 - Outdoor public event restrictionE3 - Private gathering in public restrictionE4 - Private gathering on private property restrictionE5 - Religious gathering restrictionE6 - Freedom of assembly restrictionE7 - Private special event restriction M - MovementM1 - Stay at home ordersM2 - Public transport closingM3 - Internal movement restrictionM4 - International travel restrictionM5 - Tourism restriction C - Childcare and educationC1 - Kindergarten closingC2 - School closingC3 - University closing B - BusinessB1 - Shop closingB2 - Close-contact services closingF - Food and catering F1 - Restaurant closingF2 - Snack stand closingF3 - Bar closing L - Leisure facilitiesL1 - Playground closingL2 - Outdoor sports facility closingL3 - Indoor sports facility closingL4 - Leisure park and zoo closingL5 - Theatre, cinema and seated concert closingL6 - Museum and exhibition closingL7 - Music club and concert closing H - Health sectorH1 - Health and nursing services restrictionH2 - Hospital visitors restrictionH3 - Nursing facility visitors restriction P - Public hygieneP1 - Person-to-person distance obligationP2 - Facemask obligation* (not included in Stringency Index to avoid double counting) The coding guidelines are availible in German only.

The COVID-19 Policy Response Monitor for German Federal States builds on the idea and methodology of the Oxford Covid-19 Government Response Tracker (OxCGRT) and is adapted to the specific conditions of the German federal system (see Codebook).The presented dataset contains a collection of 31 types of non-pharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) that were implemented in the 16 German federal states between March 12 and August 31, 2020. Depending on the level of strictness of the applied measures, an overall Stringency index as well as eight Sub-indices regarding Events and gatherings, Movement, Childcare and education, Business, Food and catering, Leisure facilities, Health sector, and Public hygiene have been calculated for each federal state. Sub-indices and items:E - Events and gatheringsE1 - Indoor public event restrictionE2 - Outdoor public event restrictionE3 - Private gathering in public restrictionE4 - Private gathering on private property restrictionE5 - Religious gathering restrictionE6 - Freedom of assembly restrictionE7 - Private special event restriction M - MovementM1 - Stay at home ordersM2 - Public transport closingM3 - Internal movement restrictionM4 - International travel restrictionM5 - Tourism restriction C - Childcare and educationC1 - Kindergarten closingC2 - School closingC3 - University closing B - BusinessB1 - Shop closingB2 - Close-contact services closingF - Food and catering F1 - Restaurant closingF2 - Snack stand closingF3 - Bar closing L - Leisure facilitiesL1 - Playground closingL2 - Outdoor sports facility closingL3 - Indoor sports facility closingL4 - Leisure park and zoo closingL5 - Theatre, cinema and seated concert closingL6 - Museum and exhibition closingL7 - Music club and concert closing H - Health sectorH1 - Health and nursing services restrictionH2 - Hospital visitors restrictionH3 - Nursing facility visitors restriction P - Public hygieneP1 - Person-to-person distance obligationP2 - Facemask obligation* (not included in Stringency Index to avoid double counting) The coding guidelines are availible in German only.