The influence of Covid-19 on perceived health effects of wetland parks in China

This study explores the publics’ perception of the health effects of visiting Chinese WPs and the impact of the COVID-19pandemic on the perception. From March 5th to 8th, 2020, before the Peak in China was over, 1,400 respondents were surveyed online nationwide.

The data for the study was collected nationwide in China through online questionnaires, using the Tencent Questionnaire platform. The differences in pandemic risks across provinces were used to study the impact of the epidemic on perceived health effects. The questionnaire was distributed using snowball sampling on social media such as WeChat as the "seed", from March 5th to 8th, 2020. Once the target number of total valid responses (1,400) was reached, data collection was stopped. After collecting demographic data, questions of "whether you would like to visit a park/WPs after the pandemic is over?" were asked; the survey would continue if the respondents indicated willingness to visit WPs. Participants who were unwilling to visit were asked to give reasons. Other independent variables (influencing factors at four levels) and dependent variables (perceived health effects related to WPs) were collected. Respondents spent an average of 6.5 minutes filling out the questionnaire.