Data for: "Children, Cities and Climate: A cross-sectional survey of global urban youth on their cities and urban air quality" – Data codebook

Permanent identifier

10.17037/DATA.00002654

Description

A survey questionnaire, data, and analysis code produced as part of a global cross-sectional survey of urban youth on their cities and urban air quality. The dataset contains 3,222 survey responses, with respondents classified as a parent of someone under 13 years old, participant aged between 13-25 years, or aged over 25 years of age. The survey contains questions on respondent opinion of the air quality in the town/city in which they live, main sources of air pollution, the best and worst things about living in the area, and whether they consider it becoming a nicer/less nice place to live.

CCC Survey data – quantitative responses

The “CCC_survey_quan_data” dataset contains quantitative responses provided by survey participants. Processing has been performed upon responses to de-identify information.

Variable Name Variable Label Answer Label Answer Code Variable Type
ID Response ID     String
geoscheme_region Geographic region     String
    Africa Africa  
    Americas Americas  
    Asia Asia  
    Europe Europe  
geoscheme_subregion Geographic region     String
    Eastern Africa Eastern Africa  
    Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean  
    North America North America  
    Southeastern Asia Southeastern Asia  
    Southern Asia Southern Asia  
    Western Africa Western Africa  
    Western Europe Western Europe  
OECD OECD Classification     String
    HIC High Income Country  
    LMIC Low and Low Middle Income Country  
city City     String
    Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar  
    Dar es Salaam Dar es Salaam  
    Dhaka Dhaka  
    Freetown Freetown  
    Glasgow Glasgow  
    Harare Harare  
    Jaipur Jaipur  
    Lahore Lahore  
    London London  
    Los Angeles Los Angeles  
    Mexico City Mexico City  
    Milan Milan  
    Nairobi Nairobi  
    Quezon City Quezon City  
    Quito Quito  
    Tamale Tamale  
region Geographic region     String
    Bangladesh Bangladesh  
    Ecuador Ecuador  
    Ghana Ghana  
    India India  
    Italy Italy  
    Kenya Kenya  
    Mexico Mexico  
    Pakistan Pakistan  
    Philippines Philippines  
    Sierra Leone Sierra Leone  
    Tanzania Tanzania  
    United Kingdom United Kingdom  
    United States of America United States of America  
    Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  
pm25 Annual mean concentration pm2.5 (ug/m3)     Numeric
pm25_quartile Corresponding quartile of each city's pm2.5 concentration, compared to all other cities     Numeric
    1 1  
    2 2  
    3 3  
    4 4  
eligibility Eligibility to complete the survey - participant classification     String
    A parent of someone under 13 years old A parent of someone under 13 years old  
    Aged between 13-25 years old Aged between 13-25 years old  
    Aged over 18, you or your partner are expecting a baby Aged over 18, you or your partner are expecting a baby  
target_population Population of interest     String
    young person young person  
    Parent or expecting Parent or expecting  
age_bucket Age category     Numeric
    Unknown 1  
    13-16 2  
    17-19 3  
    20-25 4  
    25+ 5  
    missing or unrealistic 6  
preg Are you or your partner currently pregnant?     String
    not pregnant not pregnant  
    pregnant pregnant  
    not asked not asked  
nicer_city_count In general, is your city becoming a nicer place to live, or a less nice place to live?     Numeric
    Becoming a nicer place to live 1  
    Staying the same 2  
    Becoming a worse place to live 3  
air_quality_real We are interested in what you think about the air quality where you live. Overall, how would YOU rate the quality of the air you breathe where you live?     Numeric
    0 Awful & toxic  
    1 -  
    2 -  
    3 -  
    4 -  
    5 OK  
    6 -  
    7 -  
    8 -  
    9 -  
    10 Amazing & fresh  
    Null Not completed  
best_a1_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - The people     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a2_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Places to play     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a3_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Being close to school or work     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a4_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - There are many things to do     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a5_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - The shops and restaurants     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a6_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - It's easy to get around     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a7_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Healthcare     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a8_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Being close to my family     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a9_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - The climate and environment     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a10_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Work opportunities for my family     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a11_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Access to green space, like parks     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
best_a12_vote What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? - Other     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a1_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - It doesn't always feel safe     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a2_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - The people; it's not friendly     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a3_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - The traffic/congestion     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a4_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - The noise     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a5_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Not enough places to play     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a6_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Not enough places to meet friends     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a7_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Shortage of work opportunities for my family     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a8_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - It's hard to get around     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a9_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Not easy enough to get healthcare     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a10_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - The pollution     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a11_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - It's too crowded     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a12_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Not enough green space like parks     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
worst_a13_vote What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? - Other     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a1_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Factories     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a2_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Burning of rubbish     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a3_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Motor transport (cars, buses, lorries)     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a4_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Construction/building work     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a5_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Pollution blown into the city (from outside)     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a6_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Household cooking (cooking fires/stoves)     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a7_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Household heating (boilers, wood fires etc)     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a8_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Agriculture/farming     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  
pollution_causes_a9_vote What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live - Other     String
    vote Selected  
    no vote Not selected  

CCC Survey data – qualitative responses

The “CCC_survey_qual_data” dataset contains qualitative responses provided by survey participants. To protect study participants whose responses may be recognisable, it is made available through controlled access and may require an access agreement to be signed.

Variable Name Variable Label Answer Label Variable Type
ID Response ID   String
best_a12 What are the BEST things about living in your city/town? (These are the 'other' options which correspond to best_a12_vote. So if variable best_a12_vote == 'vote' that means they subitted free text which appears in variable 'best_a12') Open ended String
worst_a13 What are the WORST things about living in your city/town? (These are the 'other' options which correspond to worst_a12_vote. So if variable worst_a13_vote == 'vote' that means they subitted free text which appears in variable 'worst_a13') Open ended String
pollution_causes_a9 What do you think are the main sources of air pollution where you live? (These are the 'other' options which correspond to pollution_causes_a9_vote. So if variable pollution_causes_a9_vote == 'vote' that means they subitted free text which appears in variable 'pollution_causes_a9') Open ended String
nicer_comments Why do you say that? (Qualitative responses to the question, “In general, is your city becoming a nicer place to live, or a less nice place to live?”. This is a follow up to the variable 'nicer_city_counts') Open ended String
gen_city_comments Do you have any comments to add (about your city in general)? (This is a stand alone question) Open ended String
gen_air_comments Do you have any comments to add (about the air quality in your city)? (This is a stand alone question) Open ended String
final_comments Do you have any more comments about any of these issues? (This is a stand alone question) Open ended String
mayor_ans1 If you were the mayor of your town/city, how would you…Improve the city generally, especially for children and young people? (free text. This is a stand alone question) Open ended String
mayor_ans2 If you were the mayor of your town/city, how would you…improve air quality where you live? (free text. This is a stand alone question) Open ended String