Dataset for: Social dilemma in the excess use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance

This is the dataset for the study of "Social dilemma in the excess
use of antimicrobials incurring antimicrobial resistance". 
The emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) caused by the excess use
of antimicrobials has come to be recognized as a global threat to public
health. There is a ‘tragedy of the commons’ type social dilemma behind
this excessive use of antimicrobials, which should be recognized by all
stakeholders. To address this global threat, we thus surveyed eight
countries/areas to determine whether people recognize this dilemma and
showed that although more than half of the population pays little, if any,
attention to it, almost 20% recognize this social dilemma, and 15–30% of
those have a positive attitude toward solving that dilemma. We suspect
that increasing individual awareness of this social dilemma contributes to
decreasing the frequency of AMR emergencies.