Modern Health Worries (MHW) in Idiopathic environmental intolerance attributed to electromagnetic fields (IEI-EMF)

Data from two surveys conducted in 2020 and 2021 on Modern Health Worries (MHW) among individuals reporting more or less sensitivity to electromagnetic fields during the Covid pandemic. The inclusion criteria were living in Belgium and being over 18 years old: 97 people participated in the survey in June/July 2020 and 285 people in February/March 2021. The dataset contains administrative data, and results related to health status, risk perception, through MHW, exposure perception, electromagnetic field sensitivity, exposure avoidance strategies. The dataset is associated with Ledent M, Vatovez B, Roelandt P, Bordarie J, Dieudonné M, De Waegeneer E, Kremer C, Boucher L, Bouland C and De Clercq EM (2025) Modern health worries and exposure perceptions of individuals reporting varying levels of sensitivity to electromagnetic fields: results of two successive surveys. Front. Public Health. 13:1536167. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1536167.