Qualitative Expansion of Public Perceptions of Climate Change and Personal Experience of Flooding Data, 2014-2015

This data is an expansion of a previous dataset also archived within the UK Data Archive published by Pidgeon et al (2016) and available here 10.5255/UKDA-SN-851835 The data was collected to examine people's responses to the flooding events that impacted the UK in the winter of 2013/2014. The dataset contains data from a nationally representative UK sample plus a sample from areas affected by the flooding (Total N = 1997). The survey assessed climate change beliefs, flooding experience, and perceptions of the flooding. This dataset contains all concepts previously listed but adds two new variables: reasons provided for emotional responses to climate change coded into categories, and interrater agreement for codes provided.<p>Flooding is an ongoing and predicted impact of climate change in many parts of the world. Previous research shows that many people who have experienced flooding exhibit a greater preparedness to act on climate change, especially when the experience relates to more pronounced emotional responses. However, this research has mainly focused on general negative emotional reactions to flooding. Here, we re-analysed a large UK survey dataset (N = 1997) to examine discrete emotional responses to flooding. We used thematic analysis to identify reasons expressed for emotions described in response to flooding.</p>