Data on the risk perceptions of beach water safety in coastal Georgia

Jeff Jones; Aslī Aslan; Rakhi Trivedi; Maria Olivas; Mikayla Hoffmann

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2018.04.113

Data on the risk perceptions of beach water safety in coastal Georgia

Data Brief. 2018 May 5:19:312-316. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.04.113. eCollection 2018 Aug.

Authors

Jeff Jones¹, Aslī Aslan¹, Rakhi Trivedi¹, Maria Olivas¹, Mikayla Hoffmann¹

Affiliation

¹ Jiann-Ping Hsu College of Public Health, Georgia Southern University, PO Box 8015, Statesboro, GA 30460, USA.

Abstract

These data reflect the perceptions of beach water quality drawn from a convenience sample of 238 visitors to Georgia (USA) beaches collected in June-July 2017 and are related to the research article entitled "Water quality and the perception of risk: a study of Georgia, USA, beachgoers" (Jones et al., 2018) [1]. Data were collected both via an online survey distributed through Facebook and through in-person questionnaires collected directly on the beaches.