What is ATEPS?

The Australian Twins Economic Preferences Survey (ATEPS) was an online survey conducted between September 2020 to February 2021. Participants were drawn from Twins Research Australia's registry of adult twins, ages 18-65 at the time of recruitment. The ATEPS dataset includes common preference and behavioral measures (risk aversion, impatience, ambiguity aversion, trust, confidence) elicited using incentivised decision tasks, as well as answers from a detailed demographic questionnaire, which includes experiences and expectations in the relation to the COVID-19 pandemic.

A second follow-up survey was conducted approximately one year later, and included additional risk and social preference tasks. 

Access

Researchers who are interested in using the ATEPS data can request access from the Australian Data Archive. Currently, only the wave 1 data are available. However, wave 2 data will also be added eventually.

Further information

(2021). The Australian Twins Economic Preferences Survey. Twin Research and Human Genetics, 24(6): 365-370 (with Agnieszka Tymula). [Accepted version] [Publisher] [Appendix]

Acknowledgements

The survey design and data collection was a collaboration between me and Agnieskzka Tymula. ATEPS received funding support from the University of Technology Sydney and from the Australian Government through the Australian Research Council's Centre of Excellence for Children and Families over the Life Course (Project ID CE140100027).

This research was facilitated through access to Twins Research Australia, a national resource supported by the National Health & Medical Research Council (NHMRC) since 1981, administered by the University of Melbourne. 

We are very grateful to the twins who gave up their time to take part in our study.