READ ME File For 'coastalfloodriskready_2021_hhold_surveydata.xlsx' Dataset DOI: 10.5258/SOTON/D1609 License: CC-BY ReadMe Author: Sien van der Plank, University of Southampton ORCID ID 0000-0001-6650-4111 This dataset supports the thesis entitled Managing Coastal Flood Risk in England: An Analysis of Policy, Organisational and Household Perspectives AWARDED BY: Univeristy of Southampton DATE OF AWARD: 2021 DESCRIPTION OF THE DATA Dataset of 143 responses to a household survey regarding coastal flood risk management in the south of Lincolnshire. The target population was residents in the south of Lincolnshire (Skengess to Boston, UK) who are subject to a high level of coastal flood risk (land designated Flood Zone 3 by the Environment Agency). Sample was selected from those: aged over eighteen years, residing in the south of Lincolnshire in Skegness, Boston and North Wash coastline, and living in or near Flood Zone 3. Postcodes were used as a sampling frame to obtain a random sample of households in Flood Zone 3 in the three sub-case areas: Boston, Skegness and the North Wash coastline. The basic stratification of geographical location was used to structure the random sampling. A total of 1,553 surveys were distributed, of which 143 were returned completed. This dataset contains all survey responses, excepting those containing personal information (see below). Date of data collection: July-August 2019 Information about geographic location of data collection: data collected in Lincolnshire, UK. Associated documents: Consent form: "coastalfloodriskready_2021_hhold_consentform.pdf" Participant Information Sheet: "coastalfloodriskready_2021_hhold_PIS.pdf" Copy of Boston survey: "coastalfloodriskready_hhold_2021_surveyfordistribution_Bostonversion.pdf" Dataset: "coastalfloodriskready_2021_hhold_surveydata.xlsx" Related projects/Funders: ESPRC Leverhulme Trust Date that the file was created: March, 2021 --------------------------------------------------------------- In dataset: [area] in original survey was one of: "Boston", "Skegness", or "coastal area between Boston and Skegness" Questions removed from open access spreadsheet include: -Any open questions (e.g. other, please list) -Final section of survey on social, economic and personal characteristics Address Date of move to address Date of move to area Age Gender Higher educational qualification Occupation Primary place of residence type Size of household Disposable household income Cultural attitudes "coastalfloodriskready_2020_key" sheet --contains all survey questions and indicates presence or absence of response data in open access dataset (question) columns indicate a new multiple-choice question "coastalfloodriskready_2020_data" sheet N/A indicates no response BLANK is a filler for columns where data is withheld "--" is used to fill question-only columns (for multiple-choice questions)