Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia

SND-ID: SND 1119

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Daniel Slunge - University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics

Solveig Jore - Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Karen Angeliki Krogfelt - Statens Serum Institut

Martin Tugwell Jepsen - Statens Serum Institut

Anders Boman - University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics

Description

The dataset contains the variables used in the study "Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia", by Slunge et al 2019. The questionnaire used in the data collection contains additional questions that are not included in this material. Data is available for download in SPSS and STATA format.

Language

English

Research principal, contributors, and funding

Research principal

University of Gothenburg

Responsible department/unit

University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics
Protection and ethical review

Ethics Review

Gothenburg - Ref. 714-16

Method

Unit of analysis

Population

2668 respondents in Denmark, Norway and Sweden aged 18-99 years

Time Method

Sampling procedure

Mixed probability and non-probability
A representative sample in terms of age (18–29, 30–44, 45–59 and above 60), gender and region of residence was recruited via telephone registries in Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Respondents answered the web-based questionaire online. See the article by Slunge et al for further information.

Time period(s) investigated

2016-10-01–2016-10-31

Geographic coverage
Topic and keywords

Subject area

ECONOMICS, HEALTH, NATURAL ENVIRONMENT (CESSDA Topic Classification)
Medical and Health Sciences, Social Sciences (The Swedish standard of fields of research 2011)

Keywords

borrelia, risk perception, tbe

Publications
Dataset
Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia

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Version 1.0

Citation

Daniel Slunge, Solveig Jore, Karen Angeliki Krogfelt, Martin Tugwell Jepsen, Anders Boman. University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics (2019). <em>Who is afraid of ticks and tick-borne diseases? Results from a cross-sectional survey in Scandinavia</em>. Swedish National Data Service. Version 1.0. <a href="https://doi.org/10.5878/3qmz-r537">https://doi.org/10.5878/3qmz-r537</a>

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Data format / data structure

Numeric

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Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Daniel Slunge - University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics

Solveig Jore - Norwegian Institute of Public Health

Karen Angeliki Krogfelt - Statens Serum Institut

Martin Tugwell Jepsen - Statens Serum Institut

Anders Boman - University of Gothenburg, School of Business, Economics and Law, Department of Economics

Time period(s) investigated

2016-10-01–2016-10-31

Data collection

  • Mode of collection: Self-administered questionnaire
  • Time period(s) for data collection: 2016-10-01–2016-10-31
  • Source of the data: Population group

Variables

46

Number of individuals/objects

2668

Published: 2019-11-04
Last updated: 2019-11-06