CEFAS02696513-93c3-41a9-b50b-bbd9d57d2145 English dataset Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk pointOfContact 2025-10-29T02:46:16 EPSG Geodetic Parameter Registry 2022-01-07 revision WGS 84 Questionnaire data about community place attachment, social cohesion, and connection with nature in the East of England 2024 2025-02-04 publication 2025-10-29 revision 2025-01-29 creation CEFAS22116 https://data.cefas.co.uk Evidence source for understanding more about community place attachment, social cohesion, and connection with nature. The data was collected online from October 2024 to December 2024. It includes social data gathered through Likert scale questions, single and multiple open-ended questions, and sociodemographic data from a representative sample of Eastern England residents. The data encompasses various aspects such as: - **Informed Consent**- : Participants' agreement to participate in the study, understanding that their participation is voluntary and that their data will be used for research purposes. - **Demographic Information**- : Includes questions about participants' residential postcode, type of accommodation, home ownership status, duration of residence, gender, age, ethnic group, highest educational qualification, employment status, and annual household income. - **Area Attachment**- : Participants' level of agreement with statements about their attachment to their area, such as feeling attached to the area, identifying strongly with it, and having fond memories of it. - **Natural Environment Attachment**- : Participants' level of agreement with statements about their attachment to the natural environment in their area, such as feeling at peace in the natural environment and learning about themselves when spending time there. - **Area Meaningfulness**- : Participants' level of agreement with statements about why their area is meaningful to them, including its beauty, recreational opportunities, and cultural significance. - **Concerns About Area Changes**- : Participants' concerns about potential changes in their area, such as environmental or social changes. - **Favourite Coastal Place**- : Information about participants' favourite coastal place within the study area, including reasons for its significance and frequency of visits. - **Travel and Activities**- : Details about how participants travel to their favourite coastal place, the duration of the journey, and the activities they undertake while visiting Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk originator Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk custodian Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science, Lowestoft Laboratory (CEFAS) Cefas Lowestoft Laboratory Pakefield Road Lowestoft Suffolk NR33 0HT UK data.manager@cefas.co.uk distributor Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) defra.helpline@defra.gov.uk owner notPlanned Coastal environment Human impacts Socioeconomics Management GEMET, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Human activity SeaDataNet P03 parameter discovery vocabulary 2011-03-25 revision Population distribution - demography GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Unknown SeaVoX Vertical Co-ordinate Coverages 2010-05-18 revision Marine Environmental Data and Information Network MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication data.gov.uk MEDIN metadata record availability 2012-01-11 publication otherRestrictions noLimitations otherRestrictions Publicly available data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 ( `https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`_ ) – Please note the applicable attribution statement is as follows: ‘includes Crown copyright, Cefas 2025' .. _`https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/`: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/ English society -2.50 2.00 51.00 56.00 2024-10-28 2025-10-29 Binary Delimited Geographic Information System Unknown https://data.cefas.co.uk/view/22116 Cefas Data Portal download The Cefas Data Portal contains metadata records and data sets available to download and connect to in support of our commitment to open science. Data is available in the following formats: Binary download, CSV, ESRI Shapefile. The data can also be accessed via the WFS and WMS protocols. dataset INSPIRE Data Specification on Population Distribution – Technical Guidelines 2013-12-10 publication false See the referenced specification Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 publication true See the referenced specification The data were collected in Excel and analysed using statistical software for data analysis, specifically STATA. The processing methods included: - **Data Entry**- : Responses were entered into the Excel file, capturing all relevant information such as demographic details, area attachment, natural environment attachment, area meaningfulness, concerns about area changes, favourite coastal places, and travel and activities. - **Data Coding**- : Open-ended responses were coded to categorize and quantify qualitative data. - **Statistical Analysis**- : Various statistical analyses were performed using STATA to derive insights and patterns from the data The quality control process conducted by Cefas staff MEDIN 3.1.1