Risk Perceptions of Hong Kongese vs. Americans

Keown, Charles F.

doi:10.1111/j.1539-6924.1989.tb01005.x

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“…These studies have shown that risk ratings may substantially vary from one country to another. As an example, the level of risk associated with the item "Nuclear Power Plants" was rated 31 (out of 100) in a Hungarian sample (Englander et al 1986), 34 in a Swedish sample (Nyland 1993), 47 in a Norwegian sample (Teigen et al 1988), an Australian sample (Finucane and Maybery 1996), and a Finnish sample (Mullet et al 2004), 49 in a Polish sample (Goszcynska et al 1991), 62 in an Italian sample (Savadori et al 1998), 66 in a Macanese sample (Neto and Mullet 2001) and a Brazilian sample (Nyland 1993), 67 in a Portuguese sample (Neto and Mullet 1999), 68 in a Hong Kong sample (Keown 1989), 69 in a French sample (Karpowicz-Lazreg and Mullet 1993), 72 in a U.S. sample (Slovic et al 1985) and a Korean sample (Cha 2000), 76 in an Egyptian sample (Ahmed et al 2006), 78 in a Burkina Faso sample (Koné and Mullet 1994), and 84 in a Spanish sample (Muñoz Sastre et al 2006).…”

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Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

Rodionova

Vinsonneau

Rivière

et al. 2009

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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The study analyzed new information regarding the way in which present day Russians (living in Moscow or Tula) perceive societal risks. The main concerns of Russians in year 2003 were essentially the same ones that were identified in previous studies conducted on Western samples: violence, sex, and addiction-type hazards received the highest risk ratings. Women's mean risk judgments were systematically higher than men's mean judgments, and older participants' mean judgments were higher than younger participants' mean judgments regarding domestic hazards. Technically trained people perceived higher societal risk than people with training in the humanities, but the difference between people with technical training and people trained in the humanities was more accentuated among younger people than among the elderly. Also, men living in Tula perceived themselves as less exposed to risks of violence than women living in Tula and both men and women living in Moscow.

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Section: Societal Risk Perceptionmentioning

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Societal Risk Perception in Present Day Russia

Rodionova

Vinsonneau

Rivière

et al. 2009

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment: An International Journal

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“…Several studies have attempted to replicate or adapt the original study by Slovic, Fischhoff, and Lichtenstein (1980) in other cultures and countries, including Hungary (Englander, Farago, Slovic, & Fischhoff, 1986), Norway (Teigen, Brun, & Slovic, 1988), Hong Kong (Keown, 1989), Poland (Goszczynska, Tyszka, & Slovic, 1991), Japan (Kleinhesselink & Rosa, 1991), France (Karpowicz-Lazreg & Mullet, 1993), Italy (Savadori, Rumiati, & Bonini, 1998), Australia (Rohrmann, 1999), Vol. 8, No.…”

Section: Risk Perceptionmentioning

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“…Slovic et al, 1980;Kleinhesselink & Rosa, 1991;Keown, 1989;Englander et al, 1986;and Teigen et al, 1988), this study adopted stratified sampling, ensuring representation of each of the 12 Jordanian provinces. Selecting a representative sample that included participants from different geographical locations is in line with earlier studies (e.g.…”

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“…Slovic et al, 1980;Kleinhesselink & Rosa, 1991;Keown, 1989;Englander et al, 1986;Teigen et al, 1988). Since the use of students as a core sample has been criticised, future research might include different groups of participants with a technological, ecological or feminist background and experts in various fields, such as psychology, technology and geography.…”

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Risk Perception in a Developing Country: The Case of Jordan

Alrawad¹,

Khattab²

2014

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Purpose: Recognizing the importance of risk perception and the poor understanding of the phenomenon in developing countries, this study characterizes risk perception in Jordan. Design:A mixed quantitative and qualitative survey approach was adopted. Semi-structured interviews were used to identify risks relevant to Jordanian society, then perceptions of these were examined using a questionnaire. Sampling was stratified by province and convenience sampling was adopted within each stratum. The response rate of 53.6 percent was adequate for accurate and useful results representative of the target population. The questionnaire data were analyzed using parametric statistics including principal component analysis and mean analysis.Findings: A cognitive map shows that Jordanians perceived warfare and terrorist attack as the most dreaded, catastrophic and uncontrollable risks to society. Refugee influx was also perceived as a high risk on the dreaded dimension. Although Jordan generates no nuclear electricity, nuclear power was also loaded high on the dreaded factor, confirming that risk perception can be affected by negative international events. Research Limitations/Implications:A proper interpretation of the cognitive map requires an appreciation of the plasticity of risk, as perceptions are changed by scientific knowledge, media coverage and globalization of risk issues. Future research should examine these changes and determine other possible variables influencing risk ratings at different times. While stratified sampling helped the representativeness of the sample, convenience sampling was applied within each stratum. Future research might use probability sampling instead. This study gives risk analysts and policymakers a basis for understanding and anticipating public responses to risks and improving the communication of risk information among laypeople and decision-makers.Originality: This study is one of few to develop a cognitive map and investigate factors influencing risk perception in Jordan, in the volatile Middle East. Rather than surveying mainly students, it used a representative sample from Jordan's 12 provinces.

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“…Entre dichos condicionantes los sociales, demográficos, culturales, religiosos, etc. han sido objeto de atención en trabajos como los de Fischhoff et al (1978), Gutteling y Wiegman (1993), Kleinhesselink y Rosa (1991), Keown (1989), Lai y Tao (2003). La tesis de los determinantes culturales de la percepción de los riesgos ambientales ha sido comprobada también mediante métodos no cuantitativos, tales como las entrevistas en profundidad, por ejemplo por Bax-ter y Greenlaw (2005).…”

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