This COVIDSWB2020readme.txt file was generated on 2020-11-18 by S. Brent Jackson GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of Dataset:COVIDSWB2020 2. Author Information A. Principal Investigator Contact Information Name: S. Brent Jackson Institution: North Carolina State University Address: Wildlife and Conservation Biology Program, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8001, Raleigh, NC 27695-8008, United States of America Email: sbjackso@ncsu.edu B. Associate or Co-investigator Contact Information Name: Kathryn Stevenson Institution: North Carolina State University Address: College of Natural Resources 2820 Faucette Dr., Campus Box 8001 Raleigh, NC 27695 Email: kathryn_stevenson@ncsu.edu C. Alternate Contact Information Name: Nils Peterson Institution: North Carolina State University Address:Department of Forestry and Environmental Resources, Turner House 3, NC State University, Raleigh, NC 27695, United States of America Email: mnpeterson@ncsu.edu 3. Date of data collection (range): 2020-04-30 - 2020-06-15 4. Geographic location of data collection: United States of America 5. Information about funding sources that supported the collection of the data: Data collection was funded through North Carolina State University DATA & FILE OVERVIEW 1. File List: COVIDSWB2020.csv COVIDSWBKey2020.csv COVIDSWBStata2020.do 2. Relationship between files, if important: COVIDSWBKey2020.CSV provides variable information and response scales for interpreting COVIDSWB2020.CSV. COVIDSWBStata2020.do is a Stata do-file containing code for analysis. 3. Additional related data collected that was not included in the current data package: Parent data and open response questions are not included in this version of the dataset METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection/generation of data: The sample for this study was prepared using an online panel provided by Qualtrics XM through a stratified convenience sampling approach. The Qualtrics panel provided for this study drew from a national pool (50 states, Puerto Rico) with demographic quotas for gender (male, female, non-binary and other), race (White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander, Native American, other), and community type (rural area, small city or town, suburb near a large city, and large city) representative of the 2019 U.S. census data. Sampling was restricted to parents and their children between the ages of 10-18 years old. Data collection began April 30, 2020 and closed June 15, 2020. Data were collected through separate but linked parent and child survey instruments that were created and administered using the Qualtrics platform. Surveys were administered to qualifying parents who completed the parent version of the survey before being prompted to hand their device to their qualifying child to complete the adolescent version of the survey. Prior to starting the survey, parents were provided with a linked and downloadable consent form acknowledging their consent to participate and their consent for their child to participate. Adolescents were also provided with an age appropriate assent form acknowledging their consent to participate. 2. Methods for processing the data: Recoding general outdoor activity response scale: The response scale for the general outdoor activity items (cActivitypre, cActivitypost) were recoded so that “less than one time per month” = 0.25, “1-2 times per month” = 0.5, “1 time per week” = 1, “2-4 times per week” = 3, and “5 or more times per week” = 5. We recoded these values to approximate the actual number of outdoor activities adolescents participated in during the week. Recoding stress question response scale: The response scale for the item “Has spending time outdoors in nature helped you deal with the stress caused by practicing social distancing because of the coronavirus outbreak?” (cStress), was also recoded so that the responses “Not at all” and “Does not apply” were grouped together as “No”, while the responses “Somewhat” and “Definitely” were grouped together as “yes”. This helped to streamline the analysis and clarify directionality of the relationship between outdoor activity participation and SWB. Recoding states to regions: State of residence data was broken into 4 geographic regions delineated by the U.S. Census Bureau, with Alaska and Hawaii being added to the West region and Puerto Rico being added to the South region (South: AL, AR, DC, DE, FL, GA, KY, LA, MD, MS, NC, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV) (Northeast: CT, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT) (Midwest: IL, IN, IA, KS, MI, MN, MO, NE, ND, OH, SD, WI) (West: AK, AZ, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, NM, OR, UT, WA, WY). 3. Instrument- or software-specific information needed to interpret the data: This data was analyzed using Stata 14.2. The Stata do-file (COVIDSWBStata.do) can be used to run analysis conducted for the manuscript: Outdoor activity participation improves adolescents’ mental health and well-being during The COVID-19 pandemic. 6. People involved with sample collection, processing, analysis and/or submission: S. Brent Jackson, Kathryn Stevenson, Lincoln Larson, Nils Peterson, Erin Seekamp DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: COVIDSWB2020.csv 1. Number of variables: 112 2. Number of cases/rows: 624 cases