Belief in Chloroquine for COVID-19 Prevention by Jeopardy Index in Brazil, 2020

2020 data from the EPICOVID study rounds 1 to 3 in Brazil examines belief in chloroquine's protective effect against COVID-19. It relates this belief to a Jeopardy Index score, a measure of social vulnerability. The dataset is small at 5.5 KB, with row and column counts unknown.

Use Cases

• Perform multinomial logistic regression to model the relationship between Jeopardy Index Score and belief categories like 'Chloroquine Prevented Covid'.
• Analyze how belief in chloroquine's effect varies across wealth quartiles compared and education levels such as 'Low Education Level'.
• Investigate social inequalities by correlating the 'Highest Absolute Inequality' metric with participant belief status ('Yes 8221' or 'Know 8221').
• Assess the association between socioeconomic status indicators (e.g., 'Low Socioeconomic Status') and the 'Xlink Misbelief' variable.

Strengths

• Data is explicitly linked to the EPICOVID study rounds conducted in 2020, providing temporal specificity.
• Includes detailed social vulnerability metrics like the Jeopardy Index Score and wealth quartiles.
• Released under a permissive CC BY 4.0 license, allowing for broad reuse.

Limitations

• The dataset is very small at 5.5 KB, indicating limited scope and likely a small sample size.
• Row and column structures are unknown, complicating direct analytical use without inspection.
• Data is from a single year (2020) and country (Brazil), limiting generalizability.

Provenance

Source

Author Bruno Pereira Nunes, published on figshare.

Collection Method

Likely sourced from the EPICOVID study survey rounds 1 to 3.

Time Range

2020

Freshness

Last updated in March 2026, but the underlying data covers 2020.

Geography

Brazil