Survey questions and responses for Next-Generation Sonoran Desert researchers Border Survey

/data.zip: N-Gen Border Survey data (questions and responses) in .csv and .xls format. /consent_recruitment.zip: contains consent forms and recruitment materials in English and Spanish. The U.S.-Mexico border is a region of significant biological and cultural diversity that is of interest to scientists from a wide variety of disciplines. It is also an area of humanitarian crisis and contentious politics. U.S. and Mexican researchers who conduct fieldwork on both sides of the border are faced with ethical and logistical challenges in the course of their daily work. In our study, we find that researchers are faced with challenges ranging from difficulty in obtaining permits and accessing lands in border regions, to fear and intimidation along the militarized zones. Despite many having had direct experiences that affect their safety, most researchers feel safe working in the region and adapt their behavior by staying away from risky places. However, in the midst of a humanitarian crisis, the research community is left caught in the middle when their work intersects with civil and human rights.We present survey data that examines of the effects of U.S. Border policies on scientific research, specifically those researchers conducting fieldwork on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. While anecdotal accounts exist, we present the first quantifiable data on this subject and document the interactions that field researchers have with authorities and people crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, and the impacts that these interactions have on their ability to conduct researchThis study was approved by an Institutional Review Board responsible for human subjects research at The University of Arizona; IRB# 1901268217. Data made available under the Creative Commons has respondents' individual comments redacted to protect participant identity, however, parties interested in collaborating on use of the full dataset may contact the authors at [e-mail].

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/data.zip：N-Gen 边界调查数据（问题及回应），以.csv和.xls格式存储。
/consent_recruitment.zip：包含英语和西班牙语的同意书及招募材料。美墨边界是一个生物和文化多样性显著的区域，吸引着众多学科科学家的关注。该地区亦为人道主义危机和争议性政治的焦点。在美国和墨西哥边境两侧进行实地研究的学者们在日常工作中面临着伦理和后勤上的挑战。在本研究中，我们发现学者们所面临的挑战涵盖了从获取边境地区许可和进入土地的困难，到在军事化区域内的恐惧与威慑。尽管许多人有过直接影响其安全的直接经历，但大多数学者仍然感觉在区域内工作安全，并通过避免高风险区域来调整其行为。然而，在人道主义危机之中，当其工作与公民和人权相交时，研究界被置于两难境地。我们呈现的调查数据审视了美国边境政策对科学研究的影响，特别是那些在美国-墨西哥边界两侧进行实地研究的学者。虽然存在一些轶事性的描述，但我们首次提供了这一主题的量化数据，并记录了实地研究人员与美墨边境当局及穿越边境人员之间的互动，以及这些互动对他们进行研究能力的影响。本研究已获得亚利桑那大学负责人体研究机构审查委员会的批准；IRB编号# 1901268217。在遵循创意共享许可的前提下提供的数据中，受访者的个人评论已被删除以保护受访者身份，然而，有意使用完整数据集的各方可联系作者[e-mail]。如需查询该数据集的内容，请联系README.txt文件中列出的通讯作者。行政询问（例如，移除请求、下载问题等）可发送至[e-mail]。