Background data for: "Risky Positioning - social aspirations and risk-taking behaviour in avalanche terrain"

This dataset contains information from a survey that was distributed in North America from January to April, in 2018. To target the population of interest for this study, backcountry riders, we distributed a link to the survey via the American avalanche education provider the American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education (AIARE), an American-based producer of avalanche safety equipment (BCA), 14 American-based backcountry avalanche- forecasting centres, and a popular magazine for backcountry riding (Powder Magazine). We also presented at several regional snow and avalanche workshops in the Western USA to solicit participation. To incentivize participants to complete the survey, they were given the opportunity to participate in a lottery to win one of a set of spot prizes (value approx. $70). The dataset contains information about backcountry experience, avalanche assessment training, experience of avalanche incidents, risk preferences, social norms, positional preferences, and terrain choices. The data has been aggregated to avoid identification of individual participants. The empirical analysis in Mannberg et al., (2021) is based on non-aggregated individual data. The sample size is N = 648.

本数据集收录了自2018年1月至4月间在北美地区进行的一项调查的详细信息。为了针对本研究的目标群体——野外科滑雪爱好者，我们通过美国滑雪安全教育提供者美国雪崩研究教育学会（American Institute for Avalanche Research and Education，简称AIARE）、美国本土雪崩安全设备生产商（Backcountry Access，简称BCA）、14家美国本土野外科雪崩预测中心以及一本流行的野外科滑雪杂志（Powder Magazine）发放了调查链接。此外，我们还在美国西部举办的多场区域性雪崩与雪崩研讨会中推广参与。为了激励受访者完成调查，我们提供了参与抽奖的机会，奖品包括一套价值约70美元的精选奖品。数据集包含了关于野外科滑雪经验、雪崩评估培训、雪崩事件经历、风险偏好、社会规范、位置偏好和地形选择的详细信息。数据已被汇总，以避免识别个别参与者。Mannberg等人（2021）的实证分析基于非汇总的个体数据。样本量为N=648。