Dataset on the questionnaire-based survey of sharing services users’ motivation

• Published in: Data in brief 2020-12, Vol.33, p.106502-106502, Article 106502
• Main Authors: Saginova, Olga, Kireeva, Natalya, Saginov, Yury, Zavyalov, Dmitry
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Collaborative consumption; Data; Digital platforms; Ecological; Economic and social motives; Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation; Sharing economy; Sharing services; Sustainable development
• ISSN: 2352-3409; 2352-3409
• DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106502

The data set presents data collected by an online survey with a questionnaire using a Likert scale. The survey sample included 184 adults (18+), active and potential users of different sharing services platforms. The questionnaire is structured into six sections, including questions about respondents' attitudes to sharing services, frequency of usage and intentions to use these services in the future, and four groups of motives to the usage of sharing services platforms: enjoyment, reputation, sustainability, and economy sections. Each group of motives includes three to five statements with a 1–7 Likert scale to assess respondents' level of agreement or disagreement. The data table is supplemented by the original questionnaire in English and Russian. The data can be used to understand sharing services motivation to evaluate correlation with sustainable development triple base motives, formulate hypotheses, to draft a survey strategy and design, and to verify results, etc. The provided questionnaire is a ready-to-deploy instrument for customers surveys in the related areas of research.