Survey results from HBCUs regarding perceptions and behaviors related to outdoors, hunting, and fishing

This dataset contains responses from a web-based survey conducted from
2022 to 2023 with undergraduate students attending five Historically Black
Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) across four Southeastern U.S. states.
The survey assessed hunting participation, motivations, social support,
beliefs, perceived barriers, and relevant demographic information.
Research collaborators at each HBCU distributed the survey link to a
random sample of undergraduate students at their institution. Survey items
measured past and future hunting participation, hunting motivations,
social support networks, beliefs and attitudes toward hunting, and
perceived constraints to hunting participation. Additional items captured
experiences of social exclusion and perceptions of belonging in hunting
spaces. Demographic variables include gender identity and race/ethnicity.
The study was designed to explore disparities in hunting participation and
perceptions among Black American college students, an underrepresented
population in hunting participation research, to inform inclusive
recruitment and conservation strategies.

本数据集收录了2022年至2023年间开展的一项网络调查的回复数据，调查对象为美国东南部4个州内5所传统黑人学院与大学（Historically Black Colleges and Universities，HBCUs）的在读本科生。本次调查评估了狩猎参与行为、参与动机、社会支持状况、相关信念、感知到的参与障碍以及人口统计学相关信息。各HBCU的研究合作人员将调查链接随机发放给本校的本科生样本。调查条目涵盖了过往及未来狩猎参与情况、狩猎动机、社会支持网络、对狩猎的信念与态度，以及狩猎参与的感知限制因素。额外调查条目采集了狩猎场景中的社会排斥经历与归属感认知。人口统计学变量包含性别认同与种族/族裔信息。本研究旨在探究美国黑人大学生——这一狩猎参与研究领域内代表性不足的群体——在狩猎参与与认知方面的差异，为包容性招募与保护策略的制定提供参考依据。