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Correlates of Household Seismic Hazard Adjustment Adoption
Author(s) -
Lindell Michael K.,
Whitney David J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
risk analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.972
H-Index - 130
eISSN - 1539-6924
pISSN - 0272-4332
DOI - 10.1111/0272-4332.00002
Subject(s) - hazard , seismic hazard , actuarial science , business , environmental health , risk analysis (engineering) , engineering , medicine , civil engineering , chemistry , organic chemistry
This study examined the relationships of self‐reported adoption of 12 seismic hazard adjustments (pre‐impact actions to reduce danger to persons and property) with respondents' demographic characteristics, perceived risk, perceived hazard knowledge, perceived protection responsibility, and perceived attributes of the hazard adjustments. Consistent with theoretical predictions, perceived attributes of the hazard adjustments differentiated among the adjustments and had stronger correlations with adoption than any of the other predictors. These results identify the adjustments and attributes that emergency managers should address to have the greatest impact on improving household adjustment to earthquake hazard.