National Coral Reef Monitoring Program: Socioeconomic surveys of human use, knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions in USVI from 2017-02 to 2017-04 (NCEI Accession 0170928)

• Main Authors: Peter Edwards, Jarrod Loerzel, Edwards, Peter, Loerzel, Jarrod, Levine, Arielle, Gorstein, Matt
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: NOAA NCEI Environmental Data Archive 2018
• Subjects: DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NODC > National Oceanographic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI > National Centers for Environmental Information, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; DOC/NOAA/NOS/NCCOS > National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science, National Ocean Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce; 0170928; 170928; HUMAN ACTIVITY; SOCIOECONOMIC; survey; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; Coral Reef Conservation Program; US DOC; NOAA; NOS; National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science; Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP); CORAL REEF STUDIES; National Coral Reef Monitoring Program (NCRMP); Caribbean Sea; North Atlantic Ocean; oceanography; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS; EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > SOCIOECONOMICS; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN; OCEAN > ATLANTIC OCEAN > NORTH ATLANTIC OCEAN > CARIBBEAN SEA; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/{D9EDE5DF-EF04-404B-8809-457A19982D1B}

The data in this file come from a survey of adult residents in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI). The survey was conducted for a random stratified sample of households on the islands of St. Thomas, St. John, and St. Croix from February to April of 2017. These data were collected to record baseline human dimensions information and socioeconomic characteristics of USVI’s coral reef adjacent populations such as human use patterns, management support/opposition, and knowledge, attitudes, and perceptions of coral reefs/coral reef management. These baseline data are being used as a starting point for socioeconomic monitoring of USVI’s coral reefs. Data were collected through the telephone random digit dial survey method and the face to face interview method, and the total sample size for this survey was 1,188 with a response rate of 28% for telephone surveys and between 15-20% for in person surveys.