Perception of environmental and other risks - data from a 2018 social science questionnaire in the UK

This dataset contains the answers gathered from the 806 participants who successfully finished an on-line survey on risk perception of environment-associated risks. The survey was launched on the 15th of February 2018 and ran for five days. The survey contained best worst scaling (BWS) to understand people’s perceptions to certain risks. In this study 16 risks were included in the BWS including four air-, food- and waterborne illnesses and 12 other hazards. The BWS was run in two blocks to consider two factors: first the respondents selected which risk they fear the most/least and in the second block they selected the risk they believed they had the most/least control. The survey also contained a detailed questionnaire on the participants eating habits and health status. Participants were also asked about their knowledge on enteric pathogens and whether they have ever sought or would consider seeking advice on the symptoms. Respondents were also asked whether they have experienced the hazards described in the BWS and whether they have done anything to reduce the risks in their life.
The data were collected to gather information on people perceptions on environment-associated risks. This was done to understand the common knowledge on environment-associated pollutants and enlighten issues regarding risk management and mitigation.
The data were collected as part of the VIRAQUA project was funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) under the Environmental Microbiology and Human Health (EMHH) Programme (NE/M010996/1).

本数据集汇聚了806位成功完成在线环境相关风险感知调查的参与者所提供的信息。该调查于2018年2月15日启动，持续五日。调查内容包含最佳最差尺度（BWS）方法，旨在探究人们对特定风险的认知。本研究中，纳入了16种风险，包括四种空气、食物和水传播的疾病以及12种其他危害。BWS分为两个区块进行，旨在考虑两个因素：首先，受访者需选择最担忧或最不担忧的风险；其次，在第二区块中，受访者需选择他们认为控制能力最强或最弱的风险。调查还包含一份关于参与者饮食习惯和健康状况的详细问卷。此外，参与者还被询问关于肠道病原体知识，以及他们是否曾寻求或考虑过寻求关于症状的建议。受访者还被问及是否经历过BWS中描述的危害，以及他们是否采取了任何措施以降低生活中的风险。数据收集的目的是为了收集人们对环境相关风险的认知信息。此举旨在理解环境相关污染物的普遍知识，并启迪关于风险管理及缓解的问题。本数据集的收集作为VIRAQUA项目的一部分，该项目由自然环境和研究委员会（NERC）在环境微生物学和人类健康（EMHH）项目（NE/M010996/1）的支持下进行。