This readme.txt file was generated on 2021-01-05 by Oh Rui Ying, Rachel.

GENERAL INFORMATION

1. Title of Dataset: Dataset for paper titled "Factors influencing nature interactions vary between cities and types of nature interactions"

2. Author Information
	A. Principal Investigator Contact Information
		Name: Oh Rui Ying, Rachel
		Institution: University of Queensland
		Address: School of Biological Sciences, Goddard Building (Building 8), The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
		Email: r.oh@uq.edu.au

	B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information
		Name: Richard A. Fuller
		Institution: University of Queensland
		Address: School of Biological Sciences, Goddard Building (Building 8), The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Queensland, Australia
		Email: r.fuller@uq.edu.au

3. Date of data collection: Brisbane dataset: 2012; Singapore dataset: 2018

4. Geographic location of data collection: Brisbane (Australia) and Singapore (Singapore)

5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Collection of the Singapore dataset was supported by a research grant from the Ministry of National Development and the National Parks Board of Singapore.

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: Please contract Principal Investigator if you wish to use the datasets

2. Recommended citation for this dataset: Oh, R. R. Y., Fielding, K. S., Nghiem, L. T. P, Chang, C. C., Shanahan, D. F., Gaston, K. J., Carrasco, L. R. & Fuller, R. A. (2021). Data from: Factors influencing nature interactions vary between cities and types of nature interactions. Dryad, https://doi:10.5061/dryad.z612jm6b9

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: 
Both datasets were collected through the delivery of two lifestyle surveys to a group of respondents based in Brisbane and Singapore respectively. 
Please refer to the published study for more details on how the respondents were stratified. 
The study is titled "Factors influencing nature interactions vary between cities and types of nature interactions", and published in "People and Nature".

2. Methods for processing the data: 
None. 

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: 

1. Number of variables: 10

2. Number of cases/rows: Singapore dataset: 6060 rows; Brisbane dataset: 6336 rows 

3. Variable List: 
<list variable name(s), description(s), unit(s)and value labels as appropriate for each>
Variable name: V1 
Description: Unqiue identifer for each respodent. No units.
Value labels: None

Variable name: duration_naturei	
Description: Duration spent on each type of nature interaction (units: hours)
Value labels: Continuous variable

Variable name: connection_nature	
Description: Score measuring one's connection to nature; a larger score represents a stronger connection to nature
Value labels: Continuous variable

Variable name: type_naturei	
Description: Type of nature interaction
Value labels: Categorical variable; indirect, incidential, intentional_garden, intentional_park

Variable name: health	
Description: Self-reported personal health of respodent
Value labels: Ordinal variable; Poor, Good, Average

Variable name: Age	
Description: Age of respondent (units: number of years)
Value labels: Continuous variable

Variable name: Income	
Description: Personal income of respondent (units: monthly income earned, before any form/type of deduction)
Value labels: Continuous variable

Variable name: Education	
Description: Highest level of formal education received by respondent
Value labels: Categorial variable; Degree (has a Bachelor's degree and above); No_degree (does not have a Bachelor's degree)

Variable name: Gender	
Description: Gender of respondent
Value labels: Categorial variable; Male; Female

Variable name: Ethnicity
Description: Ethnicity of respodent
Value labels: Categorical variable; Yes (Ethnic majority); No (Ethnic minorities)

4. Missing data codes: 
N.A.