Citation

Greenberg MR, Schneider DF. Risk Anal. 1995; 15(4): 503-511.

Affiliation

Department of Urban Studies and Community Health, Bloustein School, Livingston College, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey 08903, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1995, Society for Risk Analysis, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7480950

Abstract

Contrary to previous reports that women are more concerned about environmental risks than men, we hypothesized that men and women residing in neighborhoods stressed by multiple hazards would demonstrate similar concerns about local environmental conditions. Analysis of a national data base and an aggregate of ten local data bases found greater female than male concern about local technological, behavioral, and land use hazards in good neighborhoods, but, as expected, not in stressed ones. We urge analysts to conduct more studies in stressed neighborhoods in order to better understand the perspective of those who live with environmental risks.

Language: en