Citizens living in localities close to a petrochemical complex in the north of Tarragona

This dataset is made up by the answers of citizens to a questionnaire with items representing the constructs of the research model. The questionnaire was addressed to citizens who live in localities close to the North of Tarragona petrochemical site. 390 valid responses were obtained through simple random sampling. Citizens manifested their opinions about risk perception, benefit perception or their legitimacy they confer to petrochemical corporations or local environmental organisations that represents community members interests.