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The relationship between demographic/educational parameters and perceptions, knowledge and earthquake mitigation in Israel
Author(s) -
Soffer Yechiel,
Goldberg Avishay,
Adini Bruria,
Cohen Robert,
BenEzra Menachem,
Palgi Yuval,
Essar Nir,
BarDayan Yaron
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
disasters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.744
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1467-7717
pISSN - 0361-3666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-7717.2010.01191.x
Subject(s) - perception , coping (psychology) , injury prevention , human factors and ergonomics , suicide prevention , poison control , occupational safety and health , psychology , demography , environmental health , medicine , clinical psychology , sociology , pathology , neuroscience
Perceptions, knowledge and mitigation are factors that might play a role in preventing injury and loss of life during a major earthquake. 2 Little is known about the relationships between different demographic and educational parameters and these factors. A national representative sample of 495 adults was investigated in order to determine the relationship between demographic and educational parameters in terms of the perceived threat, perceived coping, knowledge and mitigation of earthquakes in Israel. Compared to females, males perceived the threat of earthquakes to be lower (t=3.183, p=0.002), manifested higher levels of perceived coping (t=2.55, p=0.011), and had higher levels of earthquake related knowledge (t=2.047, p=0.041). We conclude that there are gender differences in perceptions and knowledge regarding earthquakes.