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 underrepresente..., , # Survey results from HBCUs regarding perceptions and behaviors related to outdoors, hunting, and fishing Dataset DOI: [10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn8j](10.5061/dryad.n2z34tn8j) ## Description of the data and file structure 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..., All identifying information has been removed from this dataset. The data are fully anonymized and cannot be used to identify individual participants or institutions.,