Chinese urban soundscape and well-being survey data from Shenyang public spaces

Description

This dataset contains the Chinese field-survey component of a study on well-being and soundscape experience in urban public spaces. It comprises 2,373 respondent-level records collected across 12 locations in Shenyang, China, including squares and parks. Each row represents one on-site questionnaire record linked to the corresponding location and acoustic-recording identifiers. The variables cover perceived sound-source dominance (traffic, human, natural and other sounds), ISO soundscape appraisal items and derived pleasantness and eventfulness dimensions, overall acoustic-environment appraisal, soundscape appropriateness, perceived loudness, daily visit frequency, desired visit frequency, WHO-5 well-being items, WHO-5 total score and lower or higher well-being grouping based on the standard WHO-5 screening threshold. Demographic and visit-context fields include age, gender, education, occupation, nearby-resident status and companion status. The workbook also includes binaural and derived acoustic indicators for the matched recordings, including A-weighted equivalent and percentile sound levels, loudness, sharpness, roughness, fluctuation strength and tonality, with left-ear, right-ear, mean, maximum and interaural-difference summaries where available. Missing cells indicate values that were unavailable or removed during quality checking, especially acoustic variables affected by right-ear recording problems. The file includes a variable dictionary sheet with questionnaire coding and acoustic-metric notes, enabling reuse for independent analysis, comparison with non-Chinese SSID data, or supplementary review alongside the associated manuscript.

Institutions

• Shenyang Jianzhu University

  Liaoning, Shenyang

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