Data on attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices towards COVID-19 among Indonesian residents: a quick online cross-sectional survey

Although previously large-scale social restrictions were implemented by the Indonesian government, the total number of coronavirus cases is overcome China in the global ranking per July 18th, 2020, implying a higher infection rate among Indonesian residents. The surge of new coronavirus cases started since the loosening of large-scale social restrictions, thereby implicating that public gathering (including religious gathering) evidently increases transmission [1]. It has been reported that Indonesia's coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) mortality rate is the second-highest among Southeast Asian Nations, which may be associated with several health determinants, including biochemical factors and health comorbidity [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]. Because people's adherence to control measures is affected by their attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices (ARP) towards COVID-19. Hence, the information regarding Indonesian's ARP towards COVID-19 post-large-scale social restrictions is required. The data were collected via an online questionnaire, including demographic information (7 items), attitude and practice (5 items), and religious perspective and practice (5 items), from July 11 – 18, 2020, collecting a total of 1,345 respondents. Although our data collection did not provide other precautionary measures (e.g., adequate ventilation). It is notable that most of the religious venues are having a close ventilation system. Hence, this may contribute to the propagation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission [8]. Altogether, these data will help in determining non-health-related factors to prevent the spread of COVID-19.


a b s t r a c t
Although previously large-scale social restrictions were implemented by the Indonesian government, the total number of coronavirus cases is overcome China in the global ranking per July 18th, 2020, implying a higher infection rate among Indonesian residents. The surge of new coronavirus cases started since the loosening of large-scale social restrictions, thereby implicating that public gathering (including religious gathering) evidently increases transmission [1] . It has been reported that Indonesia's coronavirus disease-19 (COVID-19) mortality rate is the second-highest among Southeast Asian Nations, which may be associated with several health determinants, including biochemical factors and health comorbidity [2][3][4][5][6][7] . Because people's adherence to control measures is affected by their attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices (ARP) towards COVID-19. Hence, the information regarding Indonesian's ARP towards COVID-19 post-large-scale social restrictions is required. The data were collected via an online questionnaire, including demographic information (7 items), attitude and practice (5 items), and religious perspec-tive and practice (5 items), from July 11 -18, 2020, collecting a total of 1,345 respondents. Although our data collection did not provide other precautionary measures (e.g., adequate ventilation). It is notable that most of the religious venues are having a close ventilation system. Hence, this may contribute to the propagation of SARS-CoV-2 transmission [8] . Altogether, these data will help in determining non-healthrelated factors to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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Value of Data
• This data describes the attitude, religious perspective, and practice among Indonesian residents toward COVID-19. • This data is useful for researchers who want to compare similar studies regarding attitude, religious perspective, and practice toward COVID-19 in the different populations. • This data may help the leaders and policymakers to evaluate and prevent non-health-related factors associated with the spread of COVID-19.

Data Description
A total of 1,354 participants completed the questionnaire on attitude, religious perspective, and practice among Indonesian residents toward COVID-19 ( Table 1 ), which then was divided according to demographic characteristics ( Table 2 ). The detailed responses on attitude, religious perspective, and practice toward COVID-19 by participants are presented in Table 3 -4 . Factors associated with attitude, religious perspective, and practice toward COVID-19 are depicted in Table 5 .

Participants
This cross-sectional survey was conducted from July 11 -18, 2020. Data collection relied on the authors' network; one-page recruitment information was posted/reposted via Whatsapp. Yes, no RP2. How often did you pray and gather in the place of worship during "new normal or post large-scale social restrictions" was implemented?
Always, occasionally, never      This information contained a brief introduction about the survey, voluntary nature of participation, declarations of anonymity and confidentiality, and the link of the online questionnaire. Persons who were of Indonesian nationality, aged 16 years or more, and willing to participate were directed to complete the survey.

Measures
The questionnaire consisted of three parts: demographics, attitudes and practices, and religious perspectives and practices. Demographic variables included age, gender, last education, major of education or current education, occupation, place of current residence (city vs. rural), and religion. Attitudes and practices toward COVID-19 were evaluated by questions A1 -A3 and AP1 -2 ( Table 1 ), while religious perspectives and practices were measured by questions R1 -R3 and RP1 -2 ( Table 1 ).

Statistical analysis
Frequencies of attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices were tabulated. Attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices of different persons according to demographic characteristics (excluding religion) were compared with the Chi-square test. The binary logistic regression method was used to identify factors associated with attitudes, religious perspectives, and practices. Data analyses were conducted with SPSS version 25 for Mac. A p-value of less than 0.05 (two-sided) was considered significant.

Ethical statement
This survey was approved by the Ethics Committee of Brawijaya University, Malang-Indonesia, with reference No. 062-KEP-UB-2020.

Funding
This survey did not receive any specific grant from funding agencies in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors

Declaration of Competing Interest
None to declare.

Supplementary materials
Supplementary material associated with this article can be found, in the online version, at doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106277 .