Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Catastrophic Potential
2.2. Controllability
2.3. Familiarity
2.4. Fear
2.5. Knowledge
2.6. Risk for Future Generations
3. Results
3.1. Samples and Measure
3.2. Differences in Risk Perception according to Demographic Characteristics
3.3. Differences in Risk Characteristics/Perception Based on Provision of Risk Response Guideline Information
3.4. Factors Influencing Risk Perception Based on Provision of Safe Usage Information
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Concept | Statements Measuring the Concept | Reliability (Cronbach’s Alpha) | |
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Risk Characteristics | Catastrophic potential | I think big accidents can occur by using chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents. | 0.837 |
Controllability | I think I can protect myself from the risks of chemical products if I make an effort. | ||
Familiarity | I think accidents caused by chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents are common risks. | ||
Fear | I am afraid that I may be endangered by using chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents. | ||
Knowledge | I know many things about the risks of chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents. | ||
Risk for future generations | I think that using chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents will have negative effects on future generations. | ||
Risk Perception | I think that using chemical products such as disinfectants and detergents is dangerous. | - |
Categories | N | Information Was Not Provided | Information Was Provided | |||||
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Mean | S.D | t/F-value | Mean | S.D | t/F-value | |||
Sex | Men | 308 | 3.555 | 0.869 | −1.419 | 3.575 | 0.810 | −3.357** |
Women | 292 | 3.651 | 0.779 | 3.791 | 0.769 | |||
Age | 20s | 134 | 3.194 c | 0.863 | 19.078*** | 3.3731 b | 0.856 | 11.673*** |
30s | 142 | 3.549 b | 0.813 | 3.6549 a | 0.817 | |||
40s | 162 | 3.728 ab | 0.764 | 3.7346 a | 0.762 | |||
50s | 162 | 3.858 a | 0.738 | 3.9012 a | 0.680 | |||
Marriage | Married | 349 | 3.7937 | 0.749 | 6.815*** | 3.8252 | 0.732 | 5.264*** |
Single | 251 | 3.3347 | 0.858 | 3.4781 | 0.841 |
Categories | Information Was Not Provided | Information Was Provided | t-value | |||
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Mean | Standard Deviation | Mean | Standard Deviation | |||
Risk characteristics | Catastrophic potential | 3.510 | 0.863 | 3.590 | 0.835 | −2.664** |
Controllability | 3.322 | 0.887 | 3.550 | 0.789 | −6.588*** | |
Familiarity | 2.253 | 0.772 | 2.298 | 0.751 | −1.457 | |
Fear | 3.493 | 0.903 | 3.607 | 0.876 | −4.073*** | |
Scientific knowledge | 2.823 | 0.835 | 2.915 | 0.848 | −2.905** | |
Risk for future generations | 3.963 | 0.739 | 3.883 | 0.751 | 2.897** | |
Risk perception | 3.602 | 0.827 | 3.680 | 0.797 | −2.628** |
Categories | Information Was Not Provided | Information Was Provided | ||||||
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B | Standard error | Beta | t-value | B | Standard error | Beta | t-value | |
Constant | 0.850 | 0.254 | 3.351** | 0.697 | 0.247 | 2.818** | ||
Age | 0.004 | 0.002 | 0.053 | 1.608 | 0.009 | 0.002 | 0.117 | 3.549*** |
Sex | 0.045 | 0.043 | 0.028 | 1.045 | −0.030 | 0.045 | −0.018 | −0.665 |
Marriage | 0.022 | 0.053 | 0.014 | 0.419 | −0.016 | 0.055 | −0.009 | −0.281 |
Monthly average household income | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.046 | 1.710 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.007 | 0.263 |
Level of education | −0.013 | 0.024 | −0.015 | −0.563 | 0.007 | 0.025 | 0.007 | 0.264 |
Catastrophic potential | 0.150 | 0.037 | 0.157 | 4.061*** | 0.156 | 0.035 | 0.163 | 4.464*** |
Controllability | −0.006 | 0.028 | −0.006 | −0.226 | 0.017 | 0.026 | 0.018 | 0.638 |
Familiarity | −0.103 | 0.035 | −0.097 | −2.978** | −0.158 | 0.034 | −0.148 | −4.646*** |
Fear | 0.361 | 0.037 | 0.398 | 9.882*** | 0.307 | 0.035 | 0.327 | 8.704*** |
Scientific knowledge | 0.051 | 0.027 | 0.054 | 1.904 | 0.059 | 0.029 | 0.059 | 2.028* |
Risk for future generations | 0.232 | 0.039 | 0.219 | 5.924*** | 0.261 | 0.038 | 0.233 | 6.840*** |
F-value | 78.236*** | 78.540*** | ||||||
0.594 | 0.595 | |||||||
Adjusted | 0.586 | 0.587 |
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Kwon, S.-A.; Yoo, H.-J.; Song, E. Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041207
Kwon S-A, Yoo H-J, Song E. Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(4):1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041207
Chicago/Turabian StyleKwon, Seol-A, Hyun-Jung Yoo, and Eugene Song. 2020. "Korean Consumers’ Recognition of Risks Depending on the Provision of Safety Information for Chemical Products" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 4: 1207. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17041207