PRIME Survey Dataset of Minoritised Ethnic People’s Engagement with Online Services

Our dataset is now publicly available via the university's open access repository:

DOI: 10.17861/db813826-e45d-4274-b4c3-7ecdbf2336a5
License: This dataset is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license.

Note: Please use the DOI link above to access and download the data.

This directory is designated for dataset documentation, metadata, and any supplementary scripts related to data formatting, harmonisation, or cleaning. If you use our dataset, please cite the DOI below.

@misc{netto2025prime,
  author       = {Netto, G. and Baillie, L. and Pang, W. and Shahandashti, S. and Rizvi, M. and Yuan, Y. and Lewinska, P. and Dodd, C. and Islam, F. and Hasan, S. and Whyte, L. J. and Song, J.},
  title        = {PRIME Survey Dataset of Minoritised Ethnic People’s Engagement with Online Services},
  howpublished = {Heriot-Watt University},
  year         = {2025},
  month        = apr,
  doi          = {10.17861/db813826-e45d-4274-b4c3-7ecdbf2336a5},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.17861/db813826-e45d-4274-b4c3-7ecdbf2336a5}
}

It is imperative to ensure that any use of this dataset complies with ethical research guidelines and legal standards, particularly when dealing with potentially sensitive topics around race, identity, and digital access. Anonymisation and participant confidentiality have been carefully preserved.