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Assessing Perceptions of Risks due to Multiple Hazards

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  • David French
  • Stephen Sutton
  • Ann Louise Kinmonth
  • Theresa Marteau

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Valid measures of how people view risks due to combinations of hazards are needed. 320 adult smokers responded to four vignettes in which hypothetical men were described as having high or low levels of (1) smoking and (2) either (a) blood cholesterol or (b) family history of CHD (coronary heart disease). Ratings of the risk of a heart attack were made using one of three different rating scales: (a) nine‐point, (b) 101‐point, and (c) unbounded. The nine‐point scale yielded a strong sub‐additive interaction, the 101‐point scale yielded a weak sub‐additive interaction, and the unbounded scale yielded a weak synergistic interaction. Although respondents preferred the nine‐point scale, evidence from this and other studies suggest that scales with nine points or fewer should not be used to assess perceptions of risks due to multiple hazards.

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  • David French & Stephen Sutton & Ann Louise Kinmonth & Theresa Marteau, 2006. "Assessing Perceptions of Risks due to Multiple Hazards," Journal of Risk Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 9(6), pages 657-682.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jriskr:v:9:y:2006:i:6:p:657-682
    DOI: 10.1080/13669870600813837
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    1. Ian G. J. Dawson & Johnnie E. V. Johnson & Michelle A. Luke, 2012. "Do People Believe Combined Hazards Can Present Synergistic Risks?," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 32(5), pages 801-815, May.
    2. Ana B. Ponce-Pacheco & David A. Novelo-Casanova & Ivonne N. Agustin-Ortíz & Ana B. Garduño-González, 2021. "Risk perception in Unión Juárez, Chiapas, Mexico," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 106(1), pages 855-879, March.
    3. Dilshad Ahmad & Muhammad Afzal & Abdur Rauf, 2019. "Analysis of wheat farmers’ risk perceptions and attitudes: evidence from Punjab, Pakistan," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 95(3), pages 845-861, February.
    4. Ian G. J. Dawson & Johnnie E. V. Johnson & Michelle A. Luke, 2013. "Helping Individuals to Understand Synergistic Risks: An Assessment of Message Contents Depicting Mechanistic and Probabilistic Concepts," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 33(5), pages 851-865, May.
    5. Geraldine Li, 2009. "Tropical cyclone risk perceptions in Darwin, Australia: a comparison of different residential groups," Natural Hazards: Journal of the International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, Springer;International Society for the Prevention and Mitigation of Natural Hazards, vol. 48(3), pages 365-382, March.

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