Subject	Psychiatry and Mental Health
Specific subject area	Association between mental well-being and mental anxiety and media engagement pattern
Type of data	Table
How data were acquired	The data were collected through an online survey and converted into .xlsx format for further analysis by SPSS 16.0 (IBM corporation).
Data format	Raw Analyzed Filtered
Parameters for data collection	The target population was Indian nationals, who were fluent in English language, aged 18 years or above, and residing in India.
Description of data collection	A web-based cross-sectional online survey was conducted on the two main dimensions, namely mental well-being and mental anxiety among the Indian public and their engagement, in terms of the amount of time spent, with the media. Respondent-driven convenient sampling was applied 3 weeks after the enforcement of a nationwide lockdown between April 16 and 22, 2020. All participants gave the necessary information and granted informed consent before starting the survey.
Data source location	Information was collected from adult resident citizens of India, irrespective of the state (province) of residence, caste, creed, religion, and sex; the researchers did not consciously exclude any social group. The respondents represented metropolitan, urban municipal, and rural areas.
Data accessibility	http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/sktz4xv4vh.4