Assessing the Impacts of Stay-in-Place Policy of COVID-19 Pandemic during the Chinese Spring Festival: A Stated Preference Approach

Table 1

Attributes and corresponding levels.

Attributes	Description	Levels
Alternative-specific attribute
Arrival time (railway)	The time moment that trains arrives at the destination station for conventional or high-speed railway	2:00 AM, 8:00 AM, 14:00 PM, and 20:00 PM
Travel time (conventional railway)	The ticket fare for the homecoming trips using conventional railway	3 hours, 4 hours, 5 hours, and 6 hours
Travel time (high-speed railway)	The ticket fare for the homecoming trips using high-speed railway	1 hours, 1.5 hours, 2 hours, and 2.5 hours
Ticket fare (conventional railway)	The ticket fare for the homecoming trips using conventional railway (RMB)	¥50, ¥70, ¥90, and ¥110
Ticket fare (high-speed railway)	The ticket fare for the homecoming trips using high-speed railway (RMB)	¥150, ¥200, ¥250, and ¥300
Road charging (private car)	Charging on the road for the homecoming trips using private car (RMB)	¥0, ¥150, ¥200, and ¥250
Fuel consumption (private car)	The cost of fuel consumption for the homecoming trips using private car (RMB)	¥160, ¥180, ¥200, and ¥220
Seat class (conventional railway)	The class or type of the seat for the homecoming trips using conventional railway	Standing-room only, hard seat, hard berth, and soft berth
Seat class (high-speed railway)	The class or type of the seat for the homecoming trips using high-speed railway	Standing-room only, 2^nd class seat, 1^st class seat, and business class
Context attribute
Decisions from social networks	How many people in the social networks decide to stay in place	All, most, a few, and none
Quarantine policies in hometown	What are the current quarantine policies in hometown	No quarantine policies, no quarantine needed with valid negative test reports, home quarantine for 14 days, quarantined in hotels for 14 days
Quarantine policies in the city of work	What are the current quarantine policies in the city of work	No quarantine policies, no quarantine needed with valid negative test reports, home quarantine for 14 days, quarantined in hotels for 14 days
Confirmed cases in hometown	Whether there are confirmed cases in hometown currently	Yes and no
Confirmed cases in the city of work	Whether there are confirmed cases in the city of work currently	Yes and no
Subsidy for staying in place	How much subsidy one would get if staying in place (RMB)	¥1000, ¥2000, ¥3000, and ¥4000

In the moment that the survey was carried out (July 5^th∼8^th, 2021), the exchange rate between CNY and USD was around 1 : 6.5.