Data in Brief (Oct 2020)
Survey data regarding perceived air quality in Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa, United States before and during Covid-19 restrictions
- Diego Maria Barbieri,
- Baowen Lou,
- Marco Passavanti,
- Cang Hui,
- Daniela Antunes Lessa,
- Brij Maharaj,
- Arunabha Banerjee,
- Fusong Wang,
- Kevin Chang,
- Bhaven Naik,
- Lei Yu,
- Zhuangzhuang Liu,
- Gaurav Sikka,
- Andrew Tucker,
- Ali Foroutan Mirhosseini,
- Sahra Naseri,
- Yaning Qiao,
- Akshay Gupta,
- Montasir Abbas,
- Kevin Fang,
- Navid Ghasemi,
- Prince Peprah,
- Shubham Goswami,
- Amir Hessami,
- Nithin Agarwal,
- Louisa Lam,
- Solomon Adomako
Affiliations
- Diego Maria Barbieri
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Høgskoleringen 7A, Trondheim, 7491, Trøndelag, Norway; Corresponding author.
- Baowen Lou
- Chang'an University, School of Highway, Nan Er Huan Road (Mid-section), Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China
- Marco Passavanti
- Italian Society of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT-Italy), Guastalla St. 2, Carpi 4012, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Cang Hui
- Centre for Invasion Biology, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Matieland, 7602, South Africa.
- Daniela Antunes Lessa
- Federal University of Ouro Preto, Department of Civil Engineering. Rua Nove, Bauxita, Ouro Preto, 35400-000, Minas Gerais, Brazil
- Brij Maharaj
- University of KwaZulu-Natal, Department of Geography. Howard College City, Durban, 4000, KwaZulu, South Africa
- Arunabha Banerjee
- Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Department of Civil Engineering. IIT Guwahati, Guwahati, 781039, Assam, India
- Fusong Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Silicate Materials for Architectures, Wuhan University of Technology. Luoshi road 122, Wuhan, 430070, Hubei, China
- Kevin Chang
- University of Idaho, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 875 Perimeter Drive, Mailstop 1022, Moscow, 83844, Idaho, United States
- Bhaven Naik
- Ohio University, Department of Civil Engineering/Russ College of Engineering & Technology. 28 W. Green Drive, Athens, 45701, Ohio, United States
- Lei Yu
- Sun Yat-sen University, School of Civil Engineering. Xingang Xi Road 135, Guangzhou, 510275, Guangdong, China
- Zhuangzhuang Liu
- Chang'an University, School of Highway. Nan Er Huan Road (Mid-section), Xi'an, 710064, Shaanxi, China
- Gaurav Sikka
- Lalit Narayan Mithila University, Department of Geography. Darbhanga, 846004, Bihar, India
- Andrew Tucker
- University of Connecticut, Connecticut Transportation Safety Research Center. 270 Middle Turnpike, Unit 5202 Longley Building, Storrs, 06269, Connecticut, United States
- Ali Foroutan Mirhosseini
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Høgskoleringen 7A, Trondheim, 7491, Trøndelag, Norway
- Sahra Naseri
- Bam University of Medical Sciences, School of Medicine. Bam, 76615-336, Kerman, Iran
- Yaning Qiao
- China University of Mining and Technology, School of Mechanics and Civil Engineering. Daxue Road 1, Xuzhou, 22116, Jiangsu, China
- Akshay Gupta
- Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Department of Civil Engineering, Transportation Engineering Group, 321-A&B, Roorkee, 247667, Uttarakhand, India
- Montasir Abbas
- Virginia Tech, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. 301-D3 Patton Hall, Blacksburg, 24061, Virginia, United States
- Kevin Fang
- Sonoma State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Planning, 1801 East Cotati Avenue, Rohnert Park, 94928, California, United States
- Navid Ghasemi
- University of Bologna, Department of Civil Chemical Environmental and Materials Engineering. Viale del Risorgimento, 2, Bologna, 40136, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
- Prince Peprah
- University of New South Wales, Department of Social Policy Research Centre, John Goodsell Building, Kensington, Sydney, 2052, New South Wales, Australia
- Shubham Goswami
- Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, Department of Civil Engineering, C V Raman Avenue, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India
- Amir Hessami
- Texas A&M University – Kingsville, Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering, 917 W. Ave B, Kingsville, 78363, Texas, United States
- Nithin Agarwal
- University of Florida, Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, 2100 NE Waldo Rd., Sta 106, Gainesville, 32609, Florida, United States
- Louisa Lam
- Federation University Australia, School of Nursing and Healthcare Professions, 72-100 Clyde Rd, Berwick, 3806, Victoria, Australia
- Solomon Adomako
- University of Agder, Department of Engineering and Science, Jon Lilletuns vei 9, Grimstad, 4879, Agder, Norway
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 32
p. 106169
Abstract
The dataset deals with the air quality perceived by citizens before and during the enforcement of COVID-19 restrictions in ten countries around the world: Australia, Brazil, China, Ghana, India, Iran, Italy, Norway, South Africa and the United States. An online survey conveniently translated into Chinese, English, Italian, Norwegian, Persian, Portuguese collected information regarding the perceived quality of air pollution according to a Likert scale. The questionnaire was distributed between 11-05-2020 and 31-05-2020 and 9 394 respondents took part. Both the survey and the dataset (stored in a Microsoft Excel Worksheet) are available in a public repository. The collected data offer the people's subjective perspectives related to the objective improvement in air quality occurred during the COVID-19 restrictions. Furthermore, the dataset can be used for research studies involving the reduction in air pollution as experienced, to a different extent, by populations of all the ten countries.
