Illinois Data Bank - Dataset

Assessing contact between humans and white-tailed deer in Illinois: a cross-sectional survey
Cite this dataset:
Smith, Rebecca; Mateus-Pinilla, Nohra (2025): Assessing contact between humans and white-tailed deer in Illinois: a cross-sectional survey. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. https://doi.org/10.13012/B2IDB-1661924_V1
Dataset Description

These are the responses to an open, convenience sample survey of residents of Illinois to understand their interactions with wild deer. The survey was available on REDCap between December 19, 2022 and December 19, 2023, and was publicized through listserves, Facebook groups, and media reporting.

The file "COVID Deer Survey _ REDCap.pdf" contains the codebook for the survey, including the questions; all factor variables have ".factor" added to their name in the dataset. The file "DeerSurveyData.csv" contains the dataset. The file "Score_calculation_for_sharing.R" is the code to create the cleaned dataset used for analysis from the raw survey responses. Throughout, NA is used to represent null/not available/not applicable; this is most likely either a failure to answer the question or, in some cases, a question that was not presented as it is not relevant based on answers to previous questions.
Subject Life Sciences
Keywords deer; survey
License CC BY
Release Date 2025-01-23
Corresponding Creator Rebecca Smith
Version DOI Comment Publication Date
1 10.13012/B2IDB-1661924_V1 2025-01-23
Files associated with this dataset will be made available 2025-01-23. Contact the Research Data Service with any questions.

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Dataset update: {"publication_state"=>["released", "file embargo"]} 2024-05-03T20:31:59Z
Dataset update: {"publication_state"=>["file embargo", "released"]} 2024-05-03T20:31:59Z
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