Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe (SOPHIE) Citizen Survey, 2019

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br><p>The <span style="font-style: italic;">Seas, Oceans and Public Health in Europe </span>(SOPHIE) was a pan-European project which aimed to protect both human health and the health of the marine environment. It was funded by the European Union's Horizon 2020 programme under grant agreement No 774567 to help establish new research capacity for the emerging scientific discipline of Oceans and Human Health. SOPHIE brought together different communities (i.e. marine, medical and social scientists; public health and other experts) and created a platform for these communities to work together to understand the complex interactions between the marine environment and human health and wellbeing. <br><br>This study comprises of the anoymised data from the <span style="font-style: italic;">SOPHIE Citizen Survey</span>. The data were collected from nationally representative samples (based on age, gender and region) of adults from 14 European countries in March and April 2019 by the online market research company YouGov.&nbsp;<br><br>The survey itself had four sections: i) exposure to the marine environment (e.g. distance living from coast (km), frequency of coastal visits, marine employment and recreation); ii) perceptions of maritime activities (e.g. economic, environmental and health attitudes); iii) concerns, funding and policy preferences (e.g. future funding topics and preferences for health policies) and iv) socio-demographics (e.g. age, gender, education, occupation and income). <br><br>The researchers request that anybody who uses this data acknowledges this in any outputs they use in the following way:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>Acknowledge this data deposit </li><li>Acknowledge the funding source using the following text: "The Seas, Oceans and Public Health (SOPHIE) survey data was created using funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No. 774567."</li></ul><p>Further information is available on the <a href="https://sophie2020.eu/" target="_blank">SOPHIE</a> project website.</p><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br><p>The main topics cover the following topic areas:</p><ul><li>environmental, economic and public health perceptions towards maritime activities</li><li>policy preferences to protect public health</li><li>oceans&nbsp;</li><li>human health<br></li></ul><p>Many of the questions were
based on established validated questions from a number
of pre-existing European health and environmental
questionnaires (e.g. European Social Survey).<br></p>