Public Risk Perception Surveys in Italy and Sweden During COVID-19
by Elena Mondino / Uppsala University
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Description
Nation-wide surveys conducted in Italy and Sweden in August and November 2020 capture public perceptions of multiple hazards. The data includes respondent knowledge, preparedness, and experience regarding epidemics, floods, droughts, earthquakes, wildfires, terror attacks, domestic violence, economic crises, and climate change. Each row represents a single respondent, with columns corresponding to survey items.
Use Cases
Analyzing changes in risk perception over time based on the two survey waves.
Comparing public attitudes towards epidemics versus other hazards like climate change or earthquakes.
Studying demographic or national differences in preparedness and knowledge across Italy and Sweden.
Modeling factors influencing perceived risk for specific threats like domestic violence or economic crises.
Strengths
Includes two waves of data collection (August and November 2020), enabling temporal analysis.
Covers a wide range of nine specific hazard types, allowing for comparative risk studies.
Key metadata such as row count, column details, and specific file formats are unknown.
Sources conflict on the number of survey rounds, with one mentioning a planned 2021 update not confirmed elsewhere.
The dataset's freshness is unclear as the last update date is not provided.
Provenance
Source
Elena Mondino, Uppsala University
Collection Method
Nation-wide surveys
Time Range
August 2020 to November 2020
Geography
Italy, Sweden
License is listed as 'Open Access (green)' but specific terms are not detailed. The dataset is referenced in an academic publication (Mondino et al., 2020).