Societal risks as seen by Chinese students living in Macao

Felix Neto and Etienne Mullet

Journal of Risk Research, 2001, vol. 4, issue 1, 63-73

Abstract: The present study reports on mean risk magnitude judgements expressed by Chinese students living in Macao on 87 hazardous activities, substances and technologies. These judgements were compared with findings on African, American and European samples. Despite high similarity in mean results, standard deviations, and linear correlation with the other countries, Macao appears to be the country in which the level of risk perception was clearly the highest, and this seems largely due to five items connected with violence and crime. These results are explained by the exceptionally high level of crime in Macao and its crude display by the local media.

Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1080/136698701456031

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