COVID-19 Awareness Survey Data, Knowledge and behavior among Sétif students

Abstract

COVID-19 is a serious infectious disease caused by the novel Coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2. It causes acute respiratory problems. This virus is highly infectious and can be transmitted by droplets or by close contact. These data presents a survey data describing COVID19 awareness, knowledge and related behaviors among Sétif students. The data were collected from students through a survey distributed by an online questionnaire, assessing personal information (four items), COVID knowledge (five items), and related behaviors (one item), from April until June 2020. The samples consisted of 500 students who were willing to fill an online questionnaire. Microsoft Excel 2013 was used to present the data. The results showed that the cultural level of the students reflects a large knowledge of this virus, its contagion, its transmission and the methods of prevention.