Survey on the US National Security Agency (NSA): Opinions, Concern and Information Security Awareness

Dataset for the article "Survey on the US National Security Agency (NSA): Opinions, Concern and Information Security Awareness", presented at " Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems (CECIIS)" in September 2015. Dataset of a simple survey with 8 questions. The survey was constructed as online survey and posted to the r/SampleSize community of reddit website (www.reddit.com). The survey was active 14-22 January 2014 and collected 444 answers. Survey questions and possible answers were as follows (the order of response alternatives in the questionnaire was as presented): 1. How would you judge your level of proficiency in using information technology? Answers (5 levels): Not proficient at all, Slightly proficient, Somewhat proficient, Reasonably proficient, Very proficient. 2. Where do you live? Answers (4 categories): US, EU, BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China), Other. 3. How familiar are you with function of the NSA (United States National Security Agency)? Answers (5 levels): Not familiar at all, Slightly familiar, Somewhat familiar, Reasonably familiar, Very familiar. 4. What is your general opinion on the NSA? Answers (9 levels): Extremely negative, Decidedly negative, Somewhat negative, Slightly negative, Neutral, Slightly positive, Somewhat positive, Decidedly positive, Extremely positive. 5. How familiar are you with actions of Edward Snowden in relation to the NSA activities? Answers (5 levels): Not familiar at all, Slightly familiar, Somewhat familiar, Reasonably familiar, Very familiar. 6. Did the NSA revelations (information disseminated by Edward Snowden) change your opinion of the NSA? Answers (7 levels): Greatly diminished, Somewhat diminished, Slightly diminished, Did not influence, Slightly improved, Somewhat improved, Greatly improved. 7. Do you find NSA revelations concerning? Answers (5 levels): Not concerning at all, Slightly concerning, Somewhat concerning, Decidedly concerning, Very concerning. 8. Did the NSA revelations increase your information security awareness? Answers (5 levels): Not at all, Slightly increased, Somewhat increased, Decidedly increased, Greatly increased.