Attitudes to and use of Electric Scooters in New Zealand Cities

There are two different versions of the dataset - one contains the value labels for responses, which will be most useful if you want to analyse in Excel. The other contains numeric values if you want to import into another statistical package.This survey was conducted by researchers in the Department of Geography at the University of Canterbury. We were interested in understanding how the electric scooters, recently introduced in New Zealand, are being used and what respondents think about them. We are interested in perceptions and experiences, whether respondents have used a scooter yourself or not. This is part of a wider project about the environment, health and social implications of new forms of transport.The project was approved by the University of Canterbury Human Ethics Committee (Ref: HEC 2018/49/LR-PS). The survey used a convenience sample as is not a representative population survey.
Please read the notes included in the dataset before use and contact the authors with any queriesBoth authors now work at different institutions.
Notes for using this dataset:-There are some missing values. We have retained cases where a minimum number of questions were answered, but have not deleted cases listwise so as to preserve potentially useful information. However, please be aware of missing data in analysing this data.-The survey is not representative. A comparison with national datasets will be available shortly, but do not attempt to use this data to represent the attitudes of the population. It is more useful for understanding attitudes of e-scooter users and looking at associations between variables, rather than drawing headline conclusions from one variable.-The sample frame was not a representative population sample. We used convenience sampling through existing networks and social media. This is not a robust or ideal approach to social surveys - however, given time and resourse constraints we opted for an approach that would allow us to collect some early insights into e-scooter use. -We have removed demographic information (other than age and gender) and open-text responses to preserve anonymity. If you require access to these please contact the researchers to discuss.-We suggest contacting us if you are unsure how to interpret the data.-The question numbers and questionnaire is provided.-The questionnaire was conducted online in February and March 2019. -The recommended citation for this dataset is: Curl, A., & Fitt, H. (2019). Attitudes to and use of Electric Scooters in New Zealand Cities [Dataset]. doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.8056109