Assessment of public risk perception in North-western China
by Jing-Yi Li, Jian-Ming Zhang, Ji-Jun Li, Qi Zhou, Xi-Bao Xu
International Journal of Risk Assessment and Management (IJRAM), Vol. 8, No. 4, 2008

Abstract: Based on analysing the public risk perception in North-western China, following conclusions are obtained: there is strong correlation between individual characteristic and risk perception; female risk perception is stronger than male; from strong to weak, the order of age characteristics is 20–30, 0–20, 40–50, 30–40, 50–60 and over 60; the order of educational characteristics is senior high school, college, illiterate, junior high school, primary school; the order of occupation characteristics is student, farmer, teacher, worker and functionary; the order of habitation characteristics is city, countryside, towns, and metropolis.

Online publication date: Fri, 27-Jun-2008

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