Ejaz Waqas, Ittefaq Muhammad
School of Social Sciences & Humanities (S3h), National University Science and Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan.
William Allen White School of Journalism and Mass Communications, University of Kansas, Lawrence, United States.
Data Brief. 2020 Jul 30;32:106091. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106091. eCollection 2020 Oct.
The current data from 537 Pakistani millennials tell us about their trust in different information sources, the use of news media, and the perception of misinformation regarding COVID-19 in Pakistan. The dataset includes variables such as age, marital status, gender, social class, residential area, trust in the source of information, use of news media for coronavirus information, and perception of misinformation regarding COVID-19 in Pakistan. We fielded a survey from April 24 to May 12, 2020, via Qualtrics to obtain a convenient sample of younger and older adults in Pakistan. During this time, the number of new cases increased from 12,733 to 34,336. The surge took place despite the country being under a strict nationwide lockdown with the government relentlessly seeking the support of its policies from the people. This data may help scholars to understand how people of Pakistan interacted with different information sources, in comparison with other countries.
来自537名巴基斯坦千禧一代的当前数据向我们展示了他们对不同信息来源的信任度、新闻媒体的使用情况以及对巴基斯坦有关新冠疫情错误信息的认知。该数据集包括年龄、婚姻状况、性别、社会阶层、居住地区、对信息来源的信任度、通过新闻媒体获取新冠病毒信息的情况以及对巴基斯坦有关新冠疫情错误信息的认知等变量。我们于2020年4月24日至5月12日通过Qualtrics进行了一项调查，以获取巴基斯坦年轻人和年长者的便利样本。在此期间，新增病例数从12733例增加到了34336例。尽管该国处于全国范围的严格封锁之下，政府也在不懈地寻求民众对其政策的支持，但疫情仍出现了激增。与其他国家相比，这些数据可能有助于学者了解巴基斯坦民众如何与不同的信息来源进行互动。
