Socio-cultural survey data collected from communities surrounding six Protected Areas in Nigeria between November 2023 and January 2024. The dataset, created by Iniunam Iniunam, includes composite indices measuring negative perceptions and belief-based uses of owls, formatted for statistical modeling.
Use Cases
- Modeling the relationship between demographic variables and negative perceptions of owls based on survey responses.
- Analyzing how cultural beliefs shape willingness to protect owls across diverse landscapes.
- Investigating correlations between ecological knowledge and belief-based uses of wildlife.
- Training classifiers to predict conservation attitudes from socio-cultural and demographic features.
Strengths
- Includes two computed composite indices (Perception Index and Usage Index) with defined 1-5 scales.
- Data were collected via semi-structured questionnaires administered in face-to-face interviews.
- Variables are formatted for statistical modeling, including reverse-coded Likert variables.
- Survey covers six Protected Areas across Nigeria, suggesting geographic diversity.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and cultural bias inherent to the surveyed Nigerian communities.
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Semi-structured questionnaires administered through face-to-face interviews.
- Time Range
- November 2023 to January 2024
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-28 20:53:47; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Communities surrounding six Protected Areas in Nigeria