key: cord-0940140-pdc2swh6
authors: Olapegba, Peter O; Ayandele, Olusola
title: Survey data of COVID-19-related Knowledge, Risk Perceptions and Precautionary Behavior among Nigerians
date: 2020-05-08
journal: Data Brief
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.105685
sha: 8bd725b6221741855db68bffc1899d8e9d8723fa
doc_id: 940140
cord_uid: pdc2swh6

Abstract In response to the global call for strategic information to understand the novel coronavirus, the dataset presented in this paper is an examination of COVID-19-related knowledge, risk perceptions and precautionary health behavior among Nigerians. The data were generated during the COVID-19 lockdown in the country through a survey distributed via an online questionnaire, assessing socio-demographic information (7 items), knowledge (5 items), information sources (1 item), risk perception (9 items), expected end of lockdown (1 item), and COVID-19 precautionary health behavior (10 items), from 28th March to 4th April, 2020, gathering a total of 1,357 responses. A combination of purposive and snowball techniques helped to select the respondents via Whatsapp and Facebook from 180 cities/towns in the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria. The survey data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The entire dataset is stored in a Microsoft Excel Worksheet (xlsx) and the questionnaire is attached as a supplementary file. The data will assist in curbing the Coronavirus pandemic by offering evidence for strategic and targeted interventions as well as health policy formulations and implementation.

A combination of purposive and snowball techniques helped to select the respondents via Whatsapp and Facebook from all the 6 geopolitical zones of Nigeria.

Surveys were conducted in all six (6) geopolitical zones of Nigeria

Dataset is uploaded on Mendeley Repository Name: Mendeley Direct URL to data: https://data.mendeley.com/datasets/k4nch8rrt5/draft?a=d5e854de-306d-48e7-a88e-71f2ccab80ff

Value of the Data  The data represent the first and one of the largest pools so far for the exploration of COVID-19related knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and precautionary health behavior among Nigerians.

 The data can be compared with similar studies on knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and COVID-19 precautionary health behavior from other countries around the world and may serve as a heuristic basis for further insight into the phenomena of the COVID 19.

 The data can be statistically analyzed to examine the relationships between sociodemographics, knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown, and COVID-19 precautionary health behaviors.

 The details of the analyzed data are beneficial for preventing and curbing the spread of COVID-19 and the data can assist with planning for public health interventions as well as policy formulation and implementation.

This data set provides information on COVID-19-related knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and precautionary health behavior among Nigerians. The obtained raw data used for each table is stored in a Microsoft Excel Worksheet (xlsx). Items 1-7 elicit respondents' gender, age, marital status, ethnicity, educational qualification, religion and perceived financial situation. Items 8-12 assessed respondents' COVID-19 knowledge and item 13 their sources of new information about COVID-19. Items 14 -23 and 24 -32 measured their of COVID-19 perceived threat and preventive behavior respectively while item 33 revealed "how soon they expected things to return to normal." Demographic characteristics of respondents are presented in Table 1 . The detailed assessments of responses on COVID-19-related knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and precautionary health behavior by residents of Nigeria are depicted in [2] . One item (Section C) assessed sources of new information about COVID-19, and nine items (section D) adapted from [3] measured perceived threat of COVID-19 (Cronbach Alpha is 0.76), while ten items (Section E) adapted from [4, 5] measured preventive behavior (Cronbach Alpha is 0.75) and One item (Section F) asked respondents "how soon they expected things to return to normal" The respondents' demographics, COVID-19-related knowledge, knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and precautionary health behavior were analyzed using frequencies, percentages, means, and standard deviations. Correlation analyses, to understand the relationships between demographics, knowledge, information sources, risk perception, expected end of lockdown and COVID-19precautionary health behavior , were conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 20.

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The researchers acknowledge the respondents who took part in this study.

The research project did not receive financial support from any institutions. The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.