Version:1.0
Release:2023-09-28
Availability:available
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Data Kind:
individual data
Time Dimensions:
cross-section
The study aims to investigate people’s awareness regarding the potential use of their data by platforms and administrations, as well as the motivations behind their caution or willingness to share data with public or private entities. Additionally, it seeks to understand the reasons driving citizens to adopt privacy-protective behaviors.
The dataset used in this research includes responses to a questionnaire that captured users’ sociodemographic characteristics, political preferences, their level of knowledge on privacy-related topics, and answers to a series of specific questions designed to analyze citizens’ attitudes towards granting their data to third parties.
Data collection was conducted through a survey conducted via online interviews (CAWI) for two-thirds of the sample and through telephone interviews (CATI) for the remaining third.
More specifically, the following topics were discussed:
- possession of digital devices, and operating system used
- frequency of use of digital device features
- subscriptions to social networks
- collection of personal data by digital platforms: types of data collected and legal aspects
- use of personal data by public administrations
- trust in digital companies
- measures taken to protect personal data
- willingness to pay for platform subscriptions to better protect personal data and/or willingness to receive money in exchange for giving up more personal data
- ability to effectively protect personal data
- interest in seeing ads and news on platforms that correspond to your preferences
- access to devices and platforms by children and young people.
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Keywords: privacy protection behavior, CATI-CAWI survey, representative sample
Topic Classification:
Nations: Italy
Geographical Unit: province
Analysis Unit: individual
Universe: residents in Italy aged 18 and over
Sample Procedure: 3,156 individuals. For sampling design see the documentation
Weight: No weight used
Collection Mode: Computer-Assisted Telephone Interviewing (CATI), web-based self-administered questionnaire (CAWI)
Collection Size: UniData supplies: 2 datasets in SPSS format (ita, eng); 2 questionnaires in PDF format (ita, eng); 1 methodological notes in PDF format (ita); 2 codebooks in PDF format (ita, eng); 1 PDF file with UniData's archive notes (ita) (8 file)
Documentation:
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Data Use Restriction:
Data are released in according to Creative Commons – Attribution 4.0 Licence, available here.
Citation:
Respi, Chiara; Legnante, Guido. (2022-2023) Citizens and value of digital data. Respi, Chiara [Producer]. Legnante, Guido [Producer]. Gui, Marco [Producer]. Pizzul, Dario [Producer]. Gaia, Alessandra [Producer]. Sala, Emanuela [Producer]. Scaduto, Gaetano [Producer]. UniData - Bicocca Data Archive, Milan. Study Number SN247. Data file version 1.0 doi:10.20366/unimib/unidata/SN247-1.0
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